Companies Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
Getty Images (GETY): executive pay, fiscal 2025
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CEO pay, last three years
- $12,949,238FY2023
- $4,821,656FY2024
- $3,793,495FY2025
CEO total pay was $3,793,495 in fiscal 2025, down from $4,821,656 in fiscal 2024.
FY2025: salary $979,483 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,315,500 · option awards $0
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Peters | $979,483 | $0 | $1,315,500 | $0 | $1,475,475 | $0 | $23,037 | $3,793,495 |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||||||
| Nathaniel Gandert | 567,708 | 0 | 371,917 | 0 | 355,522 | 0 | 16,637 | 1,311,514 |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer | ||||||||
| Gene Foca | 535,625 | 0 | 371,917 | 0 | 268,151 | 0 | 18,571 | 1,194,264 |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Peters | $3,793,495 | $4,821,656 | $12,949,238 | ↓ −1,028,161 |
| Nathaniel Gandert | 1,311,514 | 1,746,202 | 4,627,036 | ↓ −434,688 |
| Gene Foca | 1,194,264 | 1,717,169 | 4,037,317 | ↓ −522,905 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
The Company's compensation philosophy is designed to attract, retain, and motivate high-caliber executive talent while fostering long-term stockholder value. The program consists of base salary, an annual cash bonus tied to corporate and individual performance, and long-term incentive compensation to promote an ownership culture and align executive interests with stockholders.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia, Inc. |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Foca | Option | 20,625 | 4.9 | — |
| Nathaniel Gandert | RSU | 25,000 | — | 33,500 |
| Nathaniel Gandert | PSU | 25,000 | — | 33,500 |
| Gene Foca | RSU | 25,000 | — | 33,500 |
| Gene Foca | PSU | 25,000 | — | 33,500 |
| Nathaniel Gandert | RSU | 33,250 | — | 44,555 |
| Nathaniel Gandert | PSU | 33,250 | — | 44,555 |
| Gene Foca | RSU | 33,250 | — | 44,555 |
| Gene Foca | PSU | 33,250 | — | 44,555 |
| Nathaniel Gandert | Option | 41,250 | 4.9 | — |
| Craig Peters | Option | 41,250 | 6 | — |
| Craig Peters | Option | 41,250 | 8 | — |
| Craig Peters | Option | 41,250 | 10 | — |
| Nathaniel Gandert | RSU | 48,653 | — | 65,195 |
| Gene Foca | RSU | 48,653 | — | 65,195 |
| Craig Peters | RSU | 50,000 | — | 67,000 |
| Craig Peters | PSU | 50,000 | — | 67,000 |
| Craig Peters | RSU | 61,875 | — | 82,913 |
| Craig Peters | RSU | 66,500 | — | 89,110 |
| Craig Peters | PSU | 66,500 | — | 89,110 |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy KnoxIndependent · Audit (Chair) | $60,000 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $60,000 |
| Hilary SchneiderIndependent · Audit · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 57,500 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 57,500 |
| James QuellaIndependent · Audit · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 50,000 |
| Jeffrey TittertonIndependent · Audit | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 40,000 |
| Michael HarrisIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Mark GettyNot independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Chinh ChuIndependent · Compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Brett WatsonIndependent · Compensation (Chair) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Craig PetersEmployee director | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Patrick MaxwellIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas WalperIndependent · Partial-year service · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth AbramsIndependent · Audit · Partial-year service · Newly elected | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $390,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $207,500 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $207,500 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names Getty Images as a peer
Companies that benchmark against GETY
4 companies name GETY as a compensation peer
- Adeia Inc.ADEAFY2025
- Shutterstock, Inc.SSTKFY2024
- Vimeo, Inc.VMEOFY2024
- ZIFF DAVIS, INC.ZDFY2025
Each company listed discloses GETY in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named GETY in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getty Images Holdings, Inc. | 2025 | Craig Peters | $979,483 | $1,315,500 | $0 | $1,475,475 | $3,793,495 |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-08 | — | — | — | — | — |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-09-08 | —a |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
Insider trades since the proxy
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Jenkins | SVP, CHRO | 2026-09-09 | D | 2,558 | $0 | $588 | Common, open-market sale | Form 4 ↗ |
| Michael Teaster | SVP, Chief of Staff | 2026-09-20 | D | 404 | 0 | 89 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Cho Mikael | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 635 | 0 | 140 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Cho Mikael | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 872 | 0 | 192 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Jennifer Leyden | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 2,996 | 0 | 659 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Grant Farhall | SVP, Chief Product Officer | 2026-09-20 | D | 3,989 | 0 | 878 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Peter Orlowsky | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 3,349 | 0 | 737 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Kenneth Arrigo Mainardis | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 897 | 0 | 197 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Daine Marc Weston | Senior Vice President | 2026-09-20 | D | 2,343 | 0 | 515 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Gene Foca | SVP, Chief Marketing Officer | 2026-09-20 | D | 2,996 | 0 | 659 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Chris Hoel | Chief Accounting Officer | 2026-09-20 | D | 809 | 0 | 178 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Nathaniel Gandert | SVP, Chief Technology Officer | 2026-09-20 | D | 2,023 | 0 | 445 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Kjelti Wilkes Kellough | General Counsel | 2026-09-20 | D | 2,393 | 0 | 526 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Craig Peters | Director | 2026-09-20 | D | 8,487 | 0 | 1,867 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.
Sources (34 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, Craig Peters. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Executive Compensation” · page 52. As printed: 3,793,495. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Nathaniel Gandert. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,311,514. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Gene Foca. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,194,264. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Tracy Knox. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 60,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Hilary Schneider. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 57,500. View filing ↗
- Section 08, James Quella. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 50,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Jeffrey Titterton. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 40,000. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Michael Harris. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Mark Getty. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Chinh Chu. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Brett Watson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Craig Peters. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Patrick Maxwell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Thomas Walper. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Elizabeth Abrams. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Jerry Jenkins 2026-09-09. Form 4, filed 2026-09-11. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Michael Teaster 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Cho Mikael 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Cho Mikael 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Jennifer Leyden 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Grant Farhall 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Peter Orlowsky 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Kenneth Arrigo Mainardis 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Daine Marc Weston 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Gene Foca 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Chris Hoel 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Nathaniel Gandert 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Kjelti Wilkes Kellough 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Craig Peters 2026-09-20. Form 4, filed 2026-09-22. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-09-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: —. View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 207,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 207,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Getty Images Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,793,495. View filing ↗