CEO Michael Barnes was paid $8,215,284 in fiscal year 2025, ↑ up 18.5% from fiscal year 2024 (SEC filing 0001393726-26-000015 ↗): 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.
$10,278,460 Jonathan Ilany total, FY2025 Former Chief Executive Officer — highest-paid officer; CEO Michael Barnes: $8,215,284 | — CEO (Michael Barnes) pay percentile vs peers | 106.6:1 CEO-to-median pay ratio | 80.36% Say-on-pay support, latest vote |
Track this company's pay every filing: join the Pro seat waitlist
Velarion Pro: every company page, peer tools and exports, one seat — $1,200/year
Ask our research desk — $99, 24h, every figure cited to its filing.
TIPT's next annual pay disclosure, estimated March 16, 2027.est. Filing ↗
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ilany | $1,200,000 | $0 | $3,289,029 | $0 | $5,651,620 | $0 | $137,811 | $10,278,460 |
| Former Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Michael Barnes | 1,200,000 | 0 | 1,317,818 | 0 | 5,651,620 | 0 | 45,846 | 8,215,284 |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Neil Rifkind | 467,949 | 0 | 482,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,714,091 | 2,664,111 |
| Former VP, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
| Randy Maultsby | 600,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,750,000 | 0 | 11,583 | 2,361,583 |
| President | ||||||||
| Scott McKinney | 500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,250,000 | 0 | 11,583 | 1,761,583 |
| Chief Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ilany | $10,278,460 | $8,993,520 | $5,525,564 | ↑ +1,284,940 |
| Michael Barnes | 8,215,284 | 6,934,324 | 5,444,695 | ↑ +1,280,960 |
| Neil Rifkind | 2,664,111 | 1,902,987 | 1,750,107 | ↑ +761,124 |
| Randy Maultsby | 2,361,583 | 4,178,388 | 2,109,326 | ↓ −1,816,805 |
| Scott McKinney | 1,761,583 | 3,198,975 | 1,711,663 | ↓ −1,437,392 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
You have just read TIPTREE INC.'s Summary Compensation Table. The whole free brief as a PDF, emailed now, with every figure cited — then a few short notes on the deeper TIPT reports.
We send the PDF right away, then up to three short notes. Reply “unsubscribe” to any of them, any time.
Get the TIPTREE INC. Peer Teardown Report
$10,278,460 Jonathan Ilany total, FY2025
$199
The free page is the headline. The teardown reads every company in the disclosed peer group on its own numbers.
Data as of October 7, 2026 · Source: 0001393726-26-000015 · Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
Reports for TIPT
Every report below is generated from the same filings as the free brief above, at the moment of purchase. What each one adds:
Order TIPT
Pick the report, add the email the receipt and the PDF go to, and pay by card on Stripe.
How we handle your data → Privacy
The list of companies that name TIPT as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.
Get the TIPTREE INC. Executive Compensation Report
$1,500
One page per officer: the same table above, read for one person at a time — his own figure and every fiscal year the register holds.
| Executive | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Maultsby | President | $2,361,583 |
| Jonathan Ilany | Chief Executive Officer | $10,278,460 |
| Michael Barnes | CEO | $8,215,284 |
| Neil Rifkind | General Counsel | $2,664,111 |
| Scott McKinney | CFO | $1,761,583 |
One page per director: the seat, the committees and the fee table, read for one person at a time.
| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley E. Smith | Independent Director | $250,000 |
| Dominique Mielle | Independent Director | $265,000 |
| Lesley Goldwasser | Lead Independent Director | $269,824 |
| Paul M. Friedman | Independent Director | $264,824 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesley Goldwasser | Director | 2026-04-02 | A | 1,144 | $0 | $0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Bradley E. Smith | Director | 2026-04-02 | A | 1,907 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Jonathan Ilany | Director | 2026-05-27 | A | 990 | 17 | 17,276 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lesley Goldwasser | Director | 2026-07-02 | A | 1,061 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Bradley E. Smith | Director | 2026-07-02 | A | 1,768 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Bradley E. Smith | Director | 2026-10-06 | A | 1,807 | 0 | 0 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lesley Goldwasser | Director | 2026-10-06 | A | 1,084 | 0 | 0 | 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.
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Rifkind | RSU | 2025-02-25 | — | — | 22,246 | — | $482,071 |
| Michael Barnes | RSU | 2025-02-25 | — | — | 60,813 | — | 1,317,818 |
| Jonathan Ilany | RSU | 2025-02-25 | — | — | 151,778 | — | 3,289,029 |
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Rifkind | $482,071 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% |
| Michael Barnes | 1,317,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Jonathan Ilany | 3,289,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott McKinney | PSU | 437,500 | — | $7,993,105 |
| Randy Maultsby | PSU | 583,333 | — | 2,968,823 |
| Scott McKinney | RSU | 15,110 | — | 276,059 |
| Neil Rifkind | RSU | 68,702 | — | 349,653 |
| Michael Barnes | PSU | 1,750,000 | — | 8,906,480 |
Tiptree's executive compensation program is intended to reward leadership for performance and align their interests with stockholders on an annual and long-term basis, with a significant percentage of compensation tied to company performance and long-term stockholder value creation.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | CAP |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | true |
| Anti-pledging | true |
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-04-28 | 24,158,942 | 5,902,699 | 8,975 | 80.36% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-06-06 | 20,527,901 | 8,370,541 | 33,592 | 71.03% | Passed |
| 2020 | 2020-06-15 | 22,032,249 | 414,426 | 228,684 | 98.15% | Passed |
| 2017 | 2017-06-06 | 14,857,551 | 5,191,531 | 469,187 | 74.11% | Passed |
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.
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company's computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-04-28 | 80.36%a |
| 2023 | 2023-06-06 | 71.03%b |
| 2020 | 2020-06-15 | 98.15%c |
a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “For purposes of the vote on Proposal 4, abstentions and broker non- votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote, although they will be considered losed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and narrative discussion, as set forth in this Proxy Statement." Vote Required and the R ecommendation of the Board For Proposal 4 (advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation), the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, assuming a quorum is present, is required for approval of Proposal 4.”.
b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “For purposes of the vote on Proposal 3, abstentions and broker non- votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote, although they will be considered closed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables and narrative discussion, as set forth in this Proxy Statement." Vote Required and the Recommendation of the Board For Proposal 3 (advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation), the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting, assuming a quorum is present, is required for approval of Proposal 3.”.
c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “e on Proposal 2, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote, although they will be considered present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.”.
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.
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | 106.6 : 1 |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | $8,215,284 |
| Median employee compensation | $77,084 |
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesley GoldwasserIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Compensation, Nominating and Governance | $125,000 | $144,824 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $269,824 |
| Dominique MielleIndependent · Compensation, Nominating and Governance (Chair) · Audit | 265,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265,000 |
| Paul M. FriedmanIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation, Nominating and Governance | 120,000 | 144,824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264,824 |
| Bradley E. SmithIndependent · Audit · Compensation, Nominating and Governance | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250,000 |
| Randy MaultsbyEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan IlanyEmployee director | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Michael G. BarnesEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Annual cash retainer | $137,500 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | $112,500 |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 20,000 / 15,000 |
| Stock ownership guideline | — |
| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $760,000 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $289,648 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $1,049,648 |
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 | TIPTREE INC. | 2025 | Michael Barnes | $1,200,000 | $1,317,818 | $0 | $5,651,620 | $8,215,284 |
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.
Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
| # | Supports | Document | Filed | Accession | Location in document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section 01, Jonathan Ilany | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 10,278,460. Filing ↗ |
| 2 | Section 01, Michael Barnes | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 8,215,284. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c29 · span 1072009–1072018 |
| 3 | Section 01, Neil Rifkind | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,664,111. Filing ↗machine: r18 · c29 · span 1234377–1234386 |
| 4 | Section 01, Randy Maultsby | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 2,361,583. Filing ↗ |
| 5 | Section 01, Scott McKinney | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Executive Compensation”. As printed: 1,761,583. Filing ↗ |
| 6 | Section 03, Neil Rifkind RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t21 · r7 · c3 · span 713693–713699 |
| 7 | Section 03, Michael Barnes RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t21 · r3 · c3 · span 706053–706059 |
| 8 | Section 03, Jonathan Ilany RSU | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t21 · r4 · c3 · span 707970–707977 |
| 9 | Section 07, pay ratio | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 106.6 : 1. Filing ↗ |
| 10 | Section 08, Lesley Goldwasser | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 269,824. Filing ↗machine: span 438372–438581 |
| 11 | Section 08, Dominique Mielle | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 265,000. Filing ↗machine: span 449737–449946 |
| 12 | Section 08, Paul M. Friedman | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 264,824. Filing ↗machine: span 433744–433953 |
| 13 | Section 08, Bradley E. Smith | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,000. Filing ↗machine: span 454364–454573 |
| 14 | Section 08, Randy Maultsby | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 15 | Section 08, Jonathan Ilany | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 16 | Section 08, Michael G. Barnes | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗ |
| 17 | Section 02, Lesley Goldwasser 2026-04-02 | Form 4 | 2026-04-06 | 0001465575-26-000003 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 18 | Section 02, Bradley E. Smith 2026-04-02 | Form 4 | 2026-04-06 | 0001579089-26-000002 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 19 | Section 02, Jonathan Ilany 2026-05-27 | Form 4 | 2026-05-28 | 0001499150-26-000002 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 20 | Section 02, Lesley Goldwasser 2026-07-02 | Form 4 | 2026-07-06 | 0001465575-26-000005 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 21 | Section 02, Bradley E. Smith 2026-07-02 | Form 4 | 2026-07-06 | 0001579089-26-000004 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 22 | Section 02, Bradley E. Smith 2026-10-06 | Form 4 | 2026-10-07 | 0001579089-26-000006 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 23 | Section 02, Lesley Goldwasser 2026-10-06 | Form 4 | 2026-10-07 | 0001465575-26-000007 | Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. Filing ↗ |
| 24 | Section 06, 2026 vote | Form 8-K | 2026-04-29 | 0001393726-26-000020 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 80.36% (votes for as printed: 24,158,942). Filing ↗ |
| 25 | Section 06, 2023 vote | Form 8-K | 2023-06-07 | 0001393726-23-000055 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 71.03% (votes for as printed: 20,527,901). Filing ↗ |
| 26 | Section 06, 2020 vote | Form 8-K | 2020-06-16 | 0001393726-20-000170 | Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.15%. Filing ↗ |
| 27 | 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) |
| 28 | Section 03b vehicle mix (computed) | Computed | — | — | RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio |
| 29 | Section 09b board cost (computed) | Computed | — | — | Cash 760,000 + equity 289,648 + all other 0 = 1,049,648, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,049,648 |
| 30 | TIPTREE INC. (subject), Section 10b CEO total | DEF 14A | 2026-03-16 | 0001393726-26-000015 | CEO total compensation as printed in TIPTREE INC.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,215,284. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c29 · span 1072009–1072018 |
The Pay Desk — the free weekly executive pay briefing, one company at a time, every number traceable to a public filing.
You'll confirm on The Pay Desk's sign-up page.
Get the TIPTREE INC. Executive Compensation Report
$1,500