Chairman and CEO · PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES (PIPR)

Chad Abraham

A named executive officer of PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. 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, FY2025

$11,030,039

FY2024: $8,426,742

1st of 5 named executive officers at Piper Sandler Companies by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Chad Abraham compensation by year

PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$425,000$425,000$550,000$550,000$283,333$633,333$650,000$650,000$650,000$650,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$5,279,167$4,042,500$3,162,500$4,565,000$6,165,000
Stock awards$1,116,898$964,161$1,577,790$1,578,174$2,522,168$3,085,233$6,087,638$3,307,681$2,587,779$3,735,355
Option awards$0$0$1,200,010$0$0$0$0$3,503,250$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,654,375$3,163,438$1,952,500$2,487,500$3,857,000$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$53,635$86,407$109,567$26,727$31,349$140,481$329,290$568,018$623,963$479,684
Total$4,249,908$4,639,006$5,389,867$4,642,401$6,693,850$9,138,214$11,109,428$11,191,449$8,426,742$11,030,039

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-041101, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES filed document, accession 0001104659-26-041101. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2026.

$4.2M
$4.6M
$5.4M
$4.6M
$6.7M
$9.1M
$11.1M
$11.2M
$8.4M
$11.0M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU117,584$9,986,115—
RSU37,644$3,197,105—
Option300,000—$42.69

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Chad Abraham · this pageChairman and CEO$11,030,039
Jonathan DoyleVice Chairman and Head of Financial Services$6,133,859
James BakerGlobal Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets$5,652,344
Michael DillahuntGlobal Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets$5,647,817
Katherine CluneCFO$3,449,939

Board service

PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in Stock. As stated in PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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