Madison Square Garden Entertainment Executive Compensation (FY25)
MSGE · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 28, 2026Latest filing (8-K): December 11, 2025
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Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Madison Square Garden Entertainment's chief executive and what were they paid?
James Dolan, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $14,154,313 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Madison Square Garden Entertainment's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders recorded 98.9% support for the say-on-pay proposal at the meeting held December 10, 2025 for fiscal 2025.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Dolan Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Current NEOs Executive Chairman | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Philip D’Ambrosio Executive Vice President and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Dolan Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Current NEOs Executive Chairman | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Philip D’Ambrosio Executive Vice President and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Laura Franco Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Grau Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Dolan Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Current NEOs Executive Chairman | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Michael Grau Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Philip D’Ambrosio Executive Vice President and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Layth Taki Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Laura Franco Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Lee Weinberg Senior Vice President, Business and Financial Operations and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
David Collins Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
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.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Franco | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| James Dolan | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Lee Weinberg | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Philip D’Ambrosio | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Michael Grau | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| David Collins | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Layth Taki | 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
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frederic V. Salerno | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Donna M. Coleman | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Martin Bandier | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Quentin F. Dolan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Brian G. Sweeney | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Ryan T. Dolan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Thomas C. Dolan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Marianne Dolan Weber | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul J. Dolan | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Claire D. Sweeney | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Current Non-Employees Directors, Former Non-Employees Directors, James L. Dolan, Charles F. Dolan and Charles P. Dolan 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.
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 | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
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.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 10, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | December 11, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | December 6, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
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146 figures on this page: 143 cited to the filing that reported them, 3 calculated from figures it prints.
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Documents cited
- 0001193125-25-315971
- 0001628280-25-0462672025 Summary Compensation Table · Director Compensation · Outstanding Equity Awards at June 30, 2025
- 0001193125-24-277069Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
- 0001193125-23-290703Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Positioning against its disclosed peers, the governance read, incentive design, and the CD&A alignment analysis; the full peer table; a committee-ready PDF.
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4 filings cited on this page
Method: intel.velarion.ai/methodology
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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}
}