Co-President and Head of Institutional Securities · MORGAN STANLEY (MS)

Daniel Simkowitz

A named executive officer of MORGAN STANLEY 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

$28,389,563

FY2024: $22,697,829

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Morgan Stanley by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for MORGAN STANLEY, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Daniel Simkowitz compensation by year

MORGAN STANLEY Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as MORGAN STANLEY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$5,948,750$7,148,750$8,670,000$8,382,500$6,562,500$7,437,500$6,737,500$7,437,500$9,887,500$11,187,500
Stock awards$3,497,606$3,576,139$5,588,351$4,980,250$5,849,199$10,170,472$12,798,624$30,262,500$11,796,529$16,159,849
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$34,093$59,608$0$80,002$70,197$0$0$28,573$0$28,214
All other$13,284$13,698$14,216$14,729$116,028$157,974$12,200$68,742$13,800$14,000
Total$10,493,733$11,798,195$15,272,567$14,457,481$13,597,924$18,765,946$20,548,324$38,797,315$22,697,829$28,389,563

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: MORGAN STANLEY DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-012975, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the MORGAN STANLEY filed document, accession 0001140361-26-012975. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$10.5M
$11.8M
$15.3M
$14.5M
$13.6M
$18.8M
$20.5M
$38.8M
$22.7M
$28.4M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU501,876$89,098,680—
RSU120,243$21,346,838—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 2, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-04-17Gift—8,000$0.00380,492.08
2026-04-17Sale—14,690$189.24365,802.08

The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

MORGAN STANLEY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Edward PickChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$37,187,657
Andrew SapersteinCo-President and Head of Wealth Management and Investment Management$28,462,554
Daniel Simkowitz · this pageCo-President and Head of Institutional Securities$28,389,563
Eric GrossmanExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer$19,272,086
Sharon YeshayaExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$19,215,735

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