Chairman of the Board · Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF)

Joseph Steinberg

A named executive officer of Jefferies Financial 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

$1,313,032

FY2024: $1,310,337

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed February 23, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Joseph Steinberg compensation by year

Jefferies Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Jefferies Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693$810,693
Bonus$1,223,955$596,942$310,954$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$480,054$510,223$481,525$470,715$479,479$487,162$499,024$497,355$499,644$502,339
Total$2,514,702$1,917,858$1,603,172$1,281,408$1,290,172$1,297,855$1,309,717$1,308,048$1,310,337$1,313,032

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Jefferies Financial Group Inc. DEF 14A filed February 23, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-006361, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Jefferies Financial Group Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-006361. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed February 23, 2026.

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Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2021 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option500—$24.00

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s FY2021 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Jefferies Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Brian FriedmanPresident$28,660,861
Richard HandlerChief Executive Officer$28,447,020
Michael SharpExecutive Vice President and General Counsel$9,809,835
Matthew LarsonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$8,809,710
Joseph Steinberg · this pageChairman of the Board$1,313,032

Board service

Jefferies Financial board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Jefferies Financial pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $220,000 in Restricted Stock/Deferred Shares. As stated in Jefferies Financial's FY2025 proxy.

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