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Fiscal year 2025

James Kessler — FY2025 total compensation $21,551,858

James Kessler is Chief Executive Officer of RB Global Inc. (RBA). The company reported total compensation of $21,551,858 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$952,055
Bonus$0
Stock awards$17,816,348
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$2,250,788
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$532,667
Total$21,551,858

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 RB Global Inc. filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-010430.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$952,055$0$17,816,348$0$2,250,788$0$532,667$21,551,858
FY2024Chief Executive Officer$850,000$0$11,775,480$0$1,684,934$0$344,493$14,654,908
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$781,250$0$10,212,124$2,943,875$1,816,875$0$174,201$15,928,325
FY2022Chief Executive Officer$575,000$916,000$838,710$1,086,106$109,052$3,524,868
FY2021President & Chief Operating Officer$516,667$1,184,596$1,125,019$524,051$70,359$3,420,692
FY2020President & Chief Operating Officer$322,115$2,500,000$500,009$439,000$42,610$3,803,734

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for RB Global Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$17,592,584
Difference from that median$3,959,274
Percentile within the disclosed peer group69th
Peers with a disclosed figure13

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group RB Global Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of RB Global Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James Kessler this pageChief Executive Officer$21,551,858
Eric GuerinChief Financial Officer$5,411,628
Jeff JeterFormer Chief Revenue Officer$5,142,519
Nancy KingFormer Chief Technology Officer$4,476,645
Steve LewisChief Operations Officer$3,378,084
Darren WattChief Legal Officer$1,787,940
Jen SchmitChief People Officer$1,312,361

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full RB Global Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

James Kessler's compensation sits inside RB Global Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The RB Global Inc. (RBA) compensation brief