Chairman & CEO · KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST (KRG)

John Kite

A named executive officer of KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,882,883

FY2024: $6,906,444

1st of 3 named executive officers at Kite Realty Group Trust by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 1, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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John Kite compensation by year

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$700,000$725,000$775,000$825,000$825,000$850,000$950,000$950,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$1,031,250$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,827,015$1,504,875$1,685,083$701,387$2,910,164$505,631$6,411,946$3,051,634$3,213,639$3,931,061
Option awards$0$0$0$2,400,000$2,560,000$1,920,000$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$990,500$1,150,817$1,206,255$2,041,875$0$2,507,500$2,850,000$2,850,000$2,655,000$2,912,500
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$14,074$15,656$26,746$27,182$28,769$31,873$33,755$36,327$37,805$39,322
Total$3,531,589$3,396,348$3,693,084$5,995,444$7,355,183$5,815,004$10,245,701$6,887,961$6,906,444$7,882,883

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST DEF 14A filed April 1, 2026, accession 0001286043-26-000024, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST filed document, accession 0001286043-26-000024. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 1, 2026.

$3.5M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$6.0M
$7.4M
$5.8M
$10.2M
$6.9M
$6.9M
$7.9M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU2,912,500$81,200,500—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John Kite · this pageChairman & CEO$7,882,883
Thomas McGowanPresident & COO$3,094,781
Heath FearEVP & CFO$3,000,995

Board service

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $130,000 in Common Shares. As stated in KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST's FY2025 proxy.

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