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CBRE Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

CBRE · Dallas, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 22, 2026
249 figures on this page: 239 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Robert Sulentic, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer, received $24,325,039 in total compensation for fiscal 2025, and Sulentic's total moved 12.8% higher from the $21,556,187 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 341:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $71,351. Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Accenture plc, AECOM, Aon plc, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
Robert Sulentic
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Robert Sulentic: $21,556,187$24,325,039 (12.8% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 91.7%91.4% (0.3 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 304:1341:1 (12.2% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is CBRE Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
Robert Sulentic, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer, received $24,325,039 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Sulentic's total moved 12.8% higher from the $21,556,187 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was CBRE Group's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 91.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in CBRE Group's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Accenture plc, AECOM, Aon plc, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, among others.
What is CBRE Group's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 341:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $71,351.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sulentic
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Chandra Dhandapani
Former CEO, Global Workplace Solutions
Departed during or after this year
Emma Giamartino
Chief Financial Officer
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sulentic
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Queenan
Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Investments
John Durburg
Chief Executive Officer of U.S. and Canada, Advisory Services
Chandra Dhandapani
Former Chief Executive Officer, Global Workplace Solutions
Departed during or after this year
Emma Giamartino
Chief Financial Officer
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sulentic
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Chandra Dhandapani
Former CEO, Global Workplace Solutions
Departed during or after this year
Vikram Kohli
Chief Operating Officer and CEO, Advisory Services
Trammell Company
Daniel Queenan
Chief Executive Officer, Trammell Crow Company
Emma Giamartino
Chief Financial Officer
Chad Doellinger
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Robert Sulentic
Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Vikram Kohli
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Advisory Services
Emma Giamartino
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Jamie Hodari
Chief Executive Officer, Building Operations & Experience and Chief Commercial Officer
Chad Doellinger
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Chad J. DoellingerRSU
Chad J. DoellingerRSU
Chad J. DoellingerRSU
Emma E. GiamartinoPSU
Emma E. GiamartinoRSU
Emma E. GiamartinoPSU
Jamie HodariRSU
Jamie HodariRSU
Jamie HodariRSU
Robert E. SulenticPSU
Robert E. SulenticRSU
Robert E. SulenticPSU
Vikram KohliRSU
Vikram KohliPSU
Vikram KohliPSU
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Emma GiamartinoPSU
RSU
Jamie HodariPSU
RSU
Vikram KohliPSU
RSU
Chad DoellingerRSU
PSU
Robert SulenticPSU
RSU
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Sanjiv Yajnik
Lead independent director
Reginald H. Gilyard
Guy A. Metcalfe
Gerardo I. Lopez
Shira D. Goodman
Gunjan Soni
Brandon B. Boze
Beth F. Cobert
Robert Sulentic, E.M. Blake Hutcheson, Oscar Munoz and Christopher T. Jenny served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer
Board equity retainer
Total board retainer
Lead independent director premium
Audit committee chair
Compensation committee chair
Nominating and governance chair
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual stock grant value

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Accenture plc ACN
  • AECOM ACM
  • Aon plc AON
  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ADP
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH
  • Colliers International Group CIGI
  • Cushman & Wakefield CWK
  • Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS
  • Fiserv, Inc. FISV
  • Fluor Corporation FLR
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company HPE
  • International Business Machines Corporation IBM
  • Jacobs Solutions Inc. J
  • Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated JLL
  • Marcus & Millichap MMI
  • Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. MRSH
  • Newmark Group NMRK
  • Savills plc symbol not shown
  • The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation BNY
  • Walker & Dunlop WD
  • Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company WTW

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 21, 2026=
2024May 21, 2025=
2023May 22, 2024=
2022May 17, 2023=
2021May 18, 2022=
2020May 19, 2021=
2019May 14, 2020=
2018May 17, 2019=
2017May 18, 2018=
2016May 19, 2017=

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
Median employee compensation
Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

Every figure on this page is cited to the document that reported it. Select any figure to see its citation.
249 figures on this page: 239 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
239 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-237130
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001193125-26-141285
    2025 Director Compensation · CEO PAY RATIO · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0000950170-25-077090
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000950170-25-050878
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  5. 0001193125-24-147153
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-24-093832
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001193125-23-150596
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001193125-23-090344
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001193125-22-157478
  10. 0001193125-21-167832
  11. 0001193125-20-146220
  12. 0001193125-19-154138
  13. 0001193125-18-172133
  14. 0001193125-17-179725
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Peers CBRE Group discloses

The companies named in CBRE's own disclosed peer group.

Aon plcAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.Cognizant Technology Solutions CorporationCushman & WakefieldFidelity National Information Services, Inc.International Business Machines CorporationMarsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.The Bank of New York Mellon CorporationWalker & DunlopWillis Towers Watson Public Limited Company

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APA
Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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