CEO Christopher Ruddy was paid $894,101 in fiscal year 2025, ↓ down 2.1% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0002026478-26-000033 ↗): executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.
$1,076,825 Darryle Burnham total, FY2025 Chief Financial Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Christopher Ruddy: $894,101 | — CEO (Christopher Ruddy) pay percentile vs peers | — CEO-to-median pay ratio | — Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
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| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryle Burnham | $358,250 | $73,684 | $0 | $613,672 | $0 | $0 | $31,219 | $1,076,825 |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| Christopher Ruddy | 400,750 | 145,385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347,966 | 894,101 |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Andrew Brown | 182,692 | 0 | 0 | 92,051 | 0 | 0 | 9,135 | 283,878 |
| Chief Operating 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.
| Named executive officer | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | FY2023 total | Δ FY2024→2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryle Burnham | $1,076,825 | $489,453 | — | ↑ +587,372 |
| Christopher Ruddy | 894,101 | 913,539 | — | ↓ −19,438 |
| Andrew Brown | 283,878 | 209,103 | — | ↑ +74,775 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
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| Executive | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Ruddy | CEO | $894,101 |
| Andrew Brown | COO | $283,878 |
| Darryle Burnham | CFO | $1,076,825 |
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Acosta | Lead Independent Director | $233,454 |
| Christopher N. Cox | Independent Director | $164,476 |
| David A.R. Evans | Independent Director | — |
| David Gandler | Independent Director | $134,190 |
| Nancy G. Brinker | Independent Director | $471,312 |
| Paula J. Dobriansky | Independent Director | $153,631 |
| R. Alexander Acosta | Lead Independent Director | $233,454 |
No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryle Burnham | RSU | 22,190 | — | $16 |
| Andrew Brown | RSU | 5,547 | — | 4 |
For the 2025 fiscal year, our compensation program consisted primarily of the following elements: base salary, annual incentives, long-term incentives and benefit and perquisite programs.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | — |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | — |
| Anti-pledging | — |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy G. BrinkerIndependent | $57,083 | $0 | $414,229 | $0 | $0 | $471,312 |
| R. Alexander AcostaIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit (Chair) | 64,694 | 0 | 168,760 | 0 | 0 | 233,454 |
| Alex AcostaIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit (Chair) | 64,694 | 0 | 168,760 | 0 | 0 | 233,454 |
| Christopher N. CoxIndependent | 57,083 | 0 | 107,393 | 0 | 0 | 164,476 |
| Paula J. DobrianskyIndependent · Audit | 46,063 | 0 | 107,568 | 0 | 0 | 153,631 |
| David GandlerIndependent | 27,106 | 0 | 107,084 | 0 | 0 | 134,190 |
| Christopher RuddyEmployee director · Board Chair | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| David A.R. EvansIndependent · Audit · Newly elected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $75,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $175,000 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | — |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $316,723 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $316,723 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
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 | Newsmax | 2025 | Christopher Ruddy | $400,750 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $894,101 |
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.
Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.
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| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Darryle Burnham | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 1,076,825. Filing ↗machine: r6 · c27 · span 317111–317120 |
| 2 | Section 01, Christopher Ruddy | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 894,101. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c27 · span 310998–311005 |
| 3 | Section 01, Andrew Brown | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 24. As printed: 283,878. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c27 · span 323178–323185 |
| 4 | Section 08, Nancy G. Brinker | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 471,312. Filing ↗machine: span 243259–243495 |
| 5 | Section 08, R. Alexander Acosta | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 233,454. Filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 08, Alex Acosta | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 233,454. Filing ↗machine: span 249053–249289 |
| 7 | Section 08, Christopher N. Cox | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 164,476. Filing ↗machine: span 240361–240597 |
| 8 | Section 08, Paula J. Dobriansky | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 153,631. Filing ↗machine: span 246157–246393 |
| 9 | Section 08, David Gandler | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 134,190. Filing ↗machine: span 252365–252633 |
| 10 | Section 08, Christopher Ruddy | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 11 | Section 08, David A.R. Evans | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 12 | Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed) | Computed | — | — | Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1) |
| 13 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 316,723 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 316,723, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 316,723 |
| 14 | Newsmax (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-27 | 0002026478-26-000033 | CEO total compensation as printed in Newsmax's own proxy. As printed: 894,101. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c27 · span 310998–311005 |