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Equitable Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

EQH · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): August 10, 2026
230 figures on this page: 223 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Mark Pearson was paid $18,001,113 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings for fiscal 2025, and Pearson's total was 3.3% higher than the $17,428,042 reported for fiscal 2024. The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 154:1, against median employee compensation of $117,020. For fiscal 2024, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 94.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2025. The disclosed peer group names Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Brighthouse Financial, Inc., Corebridge Financial, Jackson Financial and Lincoln National Corporation, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Mark Pearson
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 21, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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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 — Mark Pearson: $17,428,042 → $18,001,113 (3.3% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 140:1 → 154:1 (10.0% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Equitable Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?
Mark Pearson was paid $18,001,113 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings for fiscal 2025. Pearson's total was 3.3% higher than the $17,428,042 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Equitable Holdings' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2024, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 94.4% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 21, 2025.
Which companies are in Equitable Holdings' peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Brighthouse Financial, Inc., Corebridge Financial, Jackson Financial and Lincoln National Corporation, among others. The 2025 TSR Peer Group includes CNO Financial Group, Inc., Globe Life Inc., MetLife, Inc. and Reinsurance Group of America.
What is Equitable Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 154:1, against median employee compensation of $117,020.

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
Mark Pearson
Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Seth Bernstein
President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation
◇◇◇———◇◇
Nick Lane
President, Equitable
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jeffrey Hurd
Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robin Raju
Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mark Pearson
Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Seth Bernstein
President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jeffrey Hurd
Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Nick Lane
President, Equitable
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Robin Raju
Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mark Pearson
Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Seth Bernstein
President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation
◇◇◇———◇◇
Jeffrey Hurd
Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nick Lane
President, Equitable
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robin Raju
Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Mark Pearson
Chief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Seth Bernstein
President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation
◇◇◇———◇◇
Nick Lane
President, Equitable
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jeffrey Hurd
Chief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Robin Raju
Chief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
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
Jeffrey HurdPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Jeffrey HurdRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark PearsonRSU◇——◇——◇
Mark PearsonPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Nick LanePSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Nick LaneRSU◇——◇——◇
Robin RajuRSU◇——◇——◇
Robin RajuPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Seth BernsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
Seth BernsteinPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Seth BernsteinRSU◇——◇——◇
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
Mark PearsonPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Nick LanePSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Seth BernsteinPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Robin RajuPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Jeffrey HurdRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
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
Joan Lamm-Tennant
Board chair
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Charles G.T. Stonehill
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Daniel G. Kaye
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Bertram L. Scott
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Francis A. Hondal
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George Stansfield
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Craig MacKay
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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
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Douglas Dachille
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Mark Pearson 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◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as Holdings Common Stock (shares).
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual cash retainer (excluding committee retainers)

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Ameriprise Financial, Inc. AMP
  • Brighthouse Financial, Inc. BHF
  • Corebridge Financial CRBG
  • Jackson Financial JXN
  • Lincoln National Corporation LNC
  • Manulife Financial Corporation MFC
  • Principal Financial Group, Inc. PFG
  • Prudential Financial, Inc. PRU
  • Sun Life Financial, Inc. SLF
  • Unum Group UNM
  • Voya Financial, Inc. VOYA
2025 TSR Peer Group
  • CNO Financial Group, Inc. CNO
  • Globe Life Inc. GL
  • MetLife, Inc. MET
  • Reinsurance Group of America RGA

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024May 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 24, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 19, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 20, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 20, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 22, 2019=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee 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.
230 figures on this page: 223 cited to the filing that reported them, 7 calculated from figures it prints.
223 cited to the filing
7 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-26-341149
    2025 GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS · 2025 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE · Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio Information · Director Compensation table · and 3 more sections
  2. 0001333986-25-000023
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  3. 0001193125-25-073441
    2024 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  4. 0000950170-24-063497
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001193125-24-090876
    2023 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  6. 0000950170-23-024494
  7. 0001193125-23-097862
    2022 SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  8. 0001564590-22-020876
  9. 0001564590-21-029294
  10. 0001564590-20-026386
  11. 0001564590-19-020178
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Peers Equitable Holdings discloses

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.Corebridge FinancialJackson FinancialLincoln National CorporationPrincipal Financial Group, Inc.Prudential Financial, Inc.Unum GroupVoya Financial, Inc.CNO Financial Group, Inc.Globe Life Inc.MetLife, Inc.Reinsurance Group of America

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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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