Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of AHL and Director · Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO)

James Belardi

A named executive officer of Apollo Global Management in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$71,162,150

FY2024: $62,167,609

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

James Belardi compensation by year

Apollo Global Management Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Apollo Global Management reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,741,141$1,875,000$1,875,000$1,875,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$6,428,865$6,690,787$7,327,830$3,377,969
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$209,326$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$36,316,113$42,216,981$52,964,779$65,909,181
Total$44,695,445$50,782,768$62,167,609$71,162,150

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Apollo Global Management, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-177321, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$44.7M
$50.8M
$62.2M
$71.2M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU16,250$2,352,350—
RSU9,892$1,431,966—
RSU3,123$452,085—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Apollo Global Management discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$3,920,243$10,846,553—$14,766,796
Death$3,920,243$10,846,553—$14,766,796
Involuntary termination without cause$5,905,293$0—$5,905,293

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Apollo Global Management, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Apollo Global Management’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Belardi · this pageExecutive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of AHL and Director$71,162,150
John ZitoCo-President of AAM$50,128,663
Whitney ChatterjeeChief Legal Officer$14,285,087
Martin KellyChief Financial Officer$13,828,947
Marc RowanChairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director$913,367

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