Herbert Schwartz is Chief Executive Officer and President of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA). The company reported total compensation of $4,846,581 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $625,000 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $3,800,000 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $406,456 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $15,125 |
| Total | $4,846,581 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.
Cited to the compensation disclosure SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. filed April 22, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-170634.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chief Executive Officer and President | $625,000 | $0 | $3,800,000 | $0 | $406,456 | $0 | $15,125 | $4,846,581 |
| FY2024 | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President | $625,000 | $191,000 | $3,800,000 | $0 | $479,318 | $0 | $14,597 | $5,109,915 |
| FY2023 | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President | $625,000 | $0 | $3,800,000 | $0 | $303,750 | $0 | $13,997 | $4,742,747 |
| FY2022 | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President | $625,000 | $0 | $1,900,000 | $0 | $961,875 | $0 | $12,997 | $3,499,872 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc..
| Peer-group chief executive median | $6,388,927 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $-1,542,346 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 25th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 16 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Herbert Schwartz this page | Chief Executive Officer and President | $4,846,581 |
| Joe Robinson | Chief Operations Officer | $1,823,131 |
| James Barry | Chief Financial Officer | $1,811,961 |
| Wayne Johnson | Chief Investment Officer | $1,730,117 |
| Michael Terjung | Chief Accounting Officer | $1,513,845 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. compensation brief.
Herbert Schwartz's compensation sits inside SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.
The SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) compensation brief