What they were paid
Ares Management Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held| Fiscal year | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $142,500 | $218,893 | $0 | $15,000 | $376,393 |
| FY2024 | $130,000 | $179,704 | — | $15,000 | $324,704 |
| FY2023 | $130,000 | $174,222 | $0 | $15,000 | $319,222 |
| FY2022 | — | — | — | — | — |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ares Management Corp DEF 14A filed April 21, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-026286, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the Ares Management Corp filed document, accession 0001628280-26-026286. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 21, 2026.
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$376,393 Ashish Bhutani, FY2025 total director compensation
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Data as of April 21, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
How this board is paid
company policy · FY2025Ares Management pays directors a $350,000 cash retainer and $218,893 in RSUs.
Committees
FY2025 · as the proxy prints themCompensation · Conflicts
The rest of the Ares Management board
FY2025 · as the company reported each| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Antoinette Bush | Independent Director | $416,393 |
| Antony P. Ressler | Chair of the Board | — |
| Bennett Rosenthal | Director | — |
| David B. Kaplan | Director | — |
| Dr. Judy D. Olian | Independent Director | $416,393 |
| Eileen Naughton | Independent Director | $376,393 |
| Michael J Arougheti | Director | — |
| Michael Lynton | Independent Director | $476,393 |
| Paul G. Joubert | Independent Director | $416,393 |
| R. Kipp deVeer | Director | — |
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