Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors · Golden Entertainment, Inc. (GDEN)

Blake Sartini

A named executive officer of Golden Entertainment in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2024. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$5,404,137

FY2023: $6,059,187

1st of 5 named executive officers at Golden Entertainment by FY2024 total.

5 named officers on file for Golden Entertainment, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Blake Sartini compensation by year

Golden Entertainment Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Golden Entertainment reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$1,036,539$1,050,000$1,050,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$3,412,493$3,641,842$4,025,075
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,410,621$1,092,152$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$300,860$275,193$329,062
Total$6,160,513$6,059,187$5,404,137

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Golden Entertainment, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 9, 2025, accession 0001071255-25-000033, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Golden Entertainment, Inc. filed document, accession 0001071255-25-000033. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2025.

$6.2M
$6.1M
$5.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU59,088$1,867,181—
RSU31,655$1,000,298—
RSU30,453$962,311—
RSU30,043$949,359—
RSU17,820$563,112—
RSU11,177$353,203—
RSU8,811$278,428—
RSU8,478$267,901—
RSU7,923$250,367—
RSU2,948$93,144—
Option50,000—$5.34
Option70,000—$10.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Golden Entertainment, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 16 award rows shown.

Golden Entertainment’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Blake Sartini · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors$5,404,137
Charles ProtellPresident and Chief Financial Officer$3,271,490
Stephen ArcanaFormer Chief Development Officer$2,330,465
Blake Sartini IIExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$1,801,922
Thomas HaasFormer Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer$620,553

Board service

Golden Entertainment board · FY2023–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Golden Entertainment pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $162,500 in RSUs. As stated in Golden Entertainment's FY2024 proxy.

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