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Fiscal year 2025

John Corbett — FY2025 total compensation $7,628,421

John Corbett is Chief Executive Officer of SouthState Bank Corp (SSB). The company reported total compensation of $7,628,421 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,128,275
Bonus$0
Stock awards$3,051,216
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$3,384,825
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$64,105
Total$7,628,421

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 SouthState Bank Corp filed March 3, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-022580.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$1,128,275$0$3,051,216$0$3,384,825$0$64,105$7,628,421
FY2024Chief Executive Officer$1,074,547$3,077,836$2,014,777$53,908$6,221,068
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$1,043,250$2,746,330$1,325,331$51,748$5,166,659
FY2022Chief Executive Officer$1,074,547$0$3,077,836$0$2,014,777$0$53,908$6,221,068

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for SouthState Bank Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$7,672,812
Difference from that median$-44,391
Percentile within the disclosed peer group45th
Peers with a disclosed figure19

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group SouthState Bank Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of SouthState Bank Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Corbett this pageChief Executive Officer$7,628,421
Stephen YoungChief Strategy Officer$3,407,627
William Matthews VChief Financial Officer$2,547,283
Richard Murray IVPresident of the Company$2,285,229
Renee BrooksChief Operating Officer$2,263,448

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full SouthState Bank Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

John Corbett's compensation sits inside SouthState Bank Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The SouthState Bank Corp (SSB) compensation brief