J. Christopher Donahue compensation by year
Federated Hermes Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held| Component | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 | $787,500 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $1,147,073 | $1,376,487 | $1,376,494 | $1,482,362 | $2,294,121 | $705,893 | $1,918,898 | $2,242,141 | $2,528,259 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $2,730,000 | $2,730,000 | $2,940,000 | $3,150,000 | $2,800,000 | $2,730,000 | $3,010,000 | $3,395,000 | $3,937,500 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $530,082 | $545,267 | $604,694 | $698,647 | $610,245 | $512,711 | $590,642 | $619,859 | $728,846 |
| Total | $5,194,655 | $5,439,254 | $5,708,688 | $6,118,509 | $6,491,866 | $4,736,104 | $6,307,040 | $7,044,500 | $7,982,105 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Federated Hermes DEF 14C filed March 17, 2026, accession 0001056288-26-000009, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the Federated Hermes filed document, accession 0001056288-26-000009. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 17, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 188,876 | $9,834,773 | — |
| RSU | 135,714 | $7,066,629 | — |
| RSU | 43,982 | $2,290,143 | — |
| RSU | 36,274 | $1,888,787 | — |
| RSU | 28,051 | $1,460,616 | — |
| RSU | 23,158 | $1,205,837 | — |
| RSU | 18,000 | $937,260 | — |
| RSU | 17,575 | $915,130 | — |
| RSU | 16,650 | $866,966 | — |
| RSU | 15,725 | $818,801 | — |
| RSU | 14,800 | $770,636 | — |
| RSU | 9,694 | $504,767 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Federated Hermes's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 17 award rows shown.
Federated Hermes’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| J. Christopher Donahue · this page | President and Chief Executive Officer | $7,982,105 |
| Paul A. Uhlman | Vice President and President, Federated Securities Corp. | $6,852,395 |
| Thomas Donahue | Chief Financial Officer and President, FII Holdings, Inc. | $6,836,369 |
| John B. Fisher | Vice President and President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Advisory Companies | $6,578,105 |
| Theodore W. Zierden, III | Vice President | $3,494,883 |
Board service
Federated Hermes board · FY2021–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: Federated Hermes pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer. As stated in Federated Hermes's FY2025 proxy.
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