Co-Chief Executive Officer · KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR)

Joseph Bae

A named executive officer of KKR in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$84,270,205

FY2024: $73,087,375

1st of 6 named executive officers at KKR by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for KKR, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed February 27, 2026 (10-K). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Joseph Bae compensation by year

KKR Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KKR reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$300,000$300,000$300,000$300,000
Bonus$7,385,000$13,000,000$0$0
Stock awards$121,302,000$0$0$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$14,919,102$36,659,449$72,787,375$83,970,205
Total$143,906,102$49,959,449$73,087,375$84,270,205

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KKR & Co. Inc. 10-K filed February 27, 2026, accession 0001404912-26-000007, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KKR & Co. Inc. filed document, accession 0001404912-26-000007. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed February 27, 2026.

$143.9M
$50.0M
$73.1M
$84.3M
FY17
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU8,500,000$1,083,580,000—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed February 27, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-08Gift—345,849$0.001,607,053
2026-09-08Gift—122,403$0.002,211,701
2026-02-27Purchase—50,000$88.56559,257

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

KKR’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Joseph Bae · this pageCo-Chief Executive Officer$84,270,205
Scott NuttallCo-Chief Executive Officer$80,356,440
George RobertsCo-Executive Chairman$63,783,936
Henry KravisCo-Executive Chairman$62,567,217
Robert LewinChief Financial Officer$15,304,124
Kathryn SudolChief Legal Officer and General Counsel$5,784,223

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