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Diamond Hill Investment Group Executive Compensation (FY25)

DHIL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Heather Brilliant
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 29, 2025
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Heather Brilliant: $3,004,885 → $6,955,598 (131.5% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 96.3% → 96.4% (0.1 points higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Diamond Hill Investment Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
Heather Brilliant, Chief Executive Officer and President, received $6,955,598 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Brilliant's total moved 131.5% higher from the $3,004,885 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Diamond Hill Investment Group's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 96.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 29, 2025 for fiscal 2024.

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
Heather Brilliant
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Thomas Line
Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Heather Brilliant
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jo Ann Quinif
DHCM President and Chief Client Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Thomas Line
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Heather Brilliant
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jo Ann Quinif
DHCM President and Chief Client Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Thomas Line
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Heather Brilliant
Chief Executive Officer and President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jo Ann Quinif
DHCM President and Chief Client Officer
◇◇◇———◇◇
Thomas Line
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇◇◇———◇◇
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
Heather E. BrilliantRSU◇——◇——◇
Heather E. BrilliantRSU◇——◇——◇
Jo Ann QuinifRSU◇——◇——◇
Jo Ann QuinifRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas E. LineRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Jo Ann QuinifPSU◇◇——
Heather BrilliantPSU◇◇——
Thomas LinePSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Jo Ann Quinif
DHCM President and Chief Client Officer · Employment agreement · citing a 2025 filing
Severance multiple◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Non-compete period◇
Non-solicit period◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Richard S. Cooley
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Gordon B. Fowler
◇◇————◇
L Quentus Thomas
◇◇————◇
L'Quentus Thomas
◇◇————◇
Nicole R. St. Pierre
◇◇————◇
Paula R. Meyer
◇◇————◇
Diane C. Nordin
◇—————◇
Heather E. Brilliant and Austin Hawley 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◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock.
Stock ownership guideline: $200,000 at cost within three years of appointment

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024April 29, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 9, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 11, 2023=◇◇◇
2021April 27, 2022=◇◇◇
2020April 26, 2021=◇◇◇
2019April 28, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 1, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 2, 2018=◇◇◇
2016April 26, 2017=◇◇◇
2015April 27, 2016=◇◇◇

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Citations

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147 figures on this page: 137 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
137 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-152869
    2025 Director Compensation · COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS · GRANT OF PLAN BASED AWARDS FOR 2024 · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT DECEMBER 31, 2024 · and 1 more section
  2. 0000909108-25-000024
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  3. 0000909108-25-000014
    Summary Compensation Table
  4. 0000909108-24-000025
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0000909108-24-000012
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  6. 0000909108-23-000038
  7. 0000909108-23-000028
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  8. 0000909108-22-000040
  9. 0000909108-21-000041
  10. 0000909108-20-000047
  11. 0000909108-19-000044
  12. 0000909108-18-000051
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0000909108-17-000053
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0000909108-16-000158
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  15. 0001193125-25-208339
    EX-10.25
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@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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