Chief Executive Officer and President · Sabre Corp (SABR)

Kurt Ekert

A named executive officer of Sabre in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 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

$7,409,848

FY2024: $8,530,530

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Sabre by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Sabre, FY2025

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What this number hides

The filing gives the total. Sabre’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 19, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Kurt Ekert compensation by year

Sabre Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Sabre reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$750,000$852,116$900,000$900,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$4,101,674$6,329,742$6,075,708$6,044,000
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$932,363$1,126,808$1,485,000$411,750
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$156,498$172,024$69,822$54,098
Total$5,940,535$8,480,690$8,530,530$7,409,848

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Sabre Corp DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-115957, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Sabre Corp filed document, accession 0001193125-26-115957. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 19, 2026.

$5.9M
$8.5M
$8.5M
$7.4M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU1,200,000$1,632,000—
PSU946,372$1,287,066—
RSU800,000$1,088,000—
PSU790,230$1,074,713—
RSU630,915$858,044—
RSU263,410$358,238—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 19, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-15Tax withholding—93,287$1.592,415,790
2026-05-15Grant or award—1,818,182$0.004,233,972
2026-05-15Tax withholding—124,133$1.592,480,594
2026-05-15Tax withholding—104,934$1.592,375,660
2026-05-15Grant or award—237,069$0.002,509,077
2026-05-15Tax withholding—103,652$1.592,272,008

The 6 most recent of 6 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Sabre discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$6,298,061$1,800,000$8,098,061
Involuntary termination without cause$4,770,000—$17,540$4,802,540
Change in control and involuntary termination$4,770,000$6,298,061$17,540$11,100,601
Disability——$600,000$600,000

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Sabre Corp's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Sabre’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Scott WilsonFormer Executive Vice President and President, Hospitality Solutions$9,430,037
Kurt Ekert · this pageChief Executive Officer and President$7,409,848
Jennifer CattoExecutive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer$5,498,171
Michael RandolfiExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,838,705
Roshan MendisExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$3,795,856
Garry WisemanExecutive Vice President and Chief Product and Technology Officer$3,351,804

Board service

Sabre board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Sabre pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in equity. As stated in Sabre's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Technology · Executive

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How this record is built

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