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Bank OZK Executive Compensation (FY25)

OZK · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (proxy statement, FDIC): March 27, 2026
77 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them. See the citations
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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George Gleason

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Who is Bank OZK's chief executive and what were they paid?
George Gleason was paid $7,327,993 in total compensation as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Bank OZK's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Ameris Bancorp, Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp., Bank of Hawaii Corp., Cathay General Bancorp and Columbia Banking System, Inc., among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
George Gleason
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Brannon Hamblen
President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Cindy Wolfe
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Tim Hicks
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
John Carter
Chief Credit 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.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Nicholas Brown
Lead independent director
◇◇———◇◇
William A. Koefoed, Jr
◇◇———◇◇
Jeffrey Gearhart
◇◇———◇◇
Ross Whipple
◇◇———◇◇
Robert East
◇◇———◇◇
Christopher Orndorff
◇◇———◇◇
Peter Kenny
◇◇———◇◇
Elizabeth Musico
◇◇———◇◇
Paula Cholmondeley
◇◇———◇◇
Steven Sadoff
◇◇———◇◇
Kathleen Franklin
◇◇———◇◇
Anna Fabrega
◇◇———◇◇
Beverly Cole
◇————◇◇
George Gleason 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.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Ameris Bancorp ABCB
  • Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. AUB
  • Bank of Hawaii Corp. BOH
  • Cathay General Bancorp CATY
  • Columbia Banking System, Inc. COLB
  • Commerce Bancshares, Inc. CBSH
  • Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. CFR
  • Customers Bancorp, Inc. CUBI
  • East West Bancorp, Inc. EWBC
  • F.N.B. Corp. FNB
  • First Horizon Corp. FHN
  • Fulton Financial Corp. FULT
  • Hancock Whitney Corp. HWC
  • Home Bancshares HOMB
  • Old National Bancorp. ONB
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. PNFP
  • SouthState Bank Corp. SSB
  • Synovus Financial Corp. SNV
  • UMB Financial Corp. UMBF
  • United Bankshares, Inc. UBSI
  • United Community Banks, Inc. UCB
  • WaFd, Inc. WAFD
  • Webster Financial Corp. WBS
  • Western Alliance Bancorp WAL
  • Wintrust Financial Corp. WTFC
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77 figures on this page, cited to the filing that reported them.
77 cited to the filing

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  1. Director Compensation table
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Peers Bank OZK discloses

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

Ameris BancorpAtlantic Union Bankshares Corp.Bank of Hawaii Corp.Cathay General BancorpColumbia Banking System, Inc.Commerce Bancshares, Inc.Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.Customers Bancorp, Inc.East West Bancorp, Inc.F.N.B. Corp.First Horizon Corp.Fulton Financial Corp.Hancock Whitney Corp.Home BancsharesOld National Bancorp.Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.SouthState Bank Corp.Synovus Financial Corp.UMB Financial Corp.United Bankshares, Inc.United Community Banks, Inc.WaFd, Inc.Webster Financial Corp.Western Alliance Bancorp

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Cite this data
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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