Former President · Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (HHH)

L. Jay Cross

A named executive officer of Howard Hughes in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 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

$7,413,060

FY2024: $4,739,520

2nd of 7 named executive officers at Howard Hughes by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 19, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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L. Jay Cross compensation by year

Howard Hughes Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Howard Hughes reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000$377,885
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$1,856,755$1,752,980$2,390,973
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,340,000$2,340,000$2,242,500$2,086,500$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$14,500$15,250$319,684$150,039$4,644,203
Total$3,104,500$3,105,250$5,168,939$4,739,520$7,413,060

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. DEF 14A filed August 19, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-098808, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-098808. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed August 19, 2026.

$3.1M
$3.1M
$5.2M
$4.7M
$7.4M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU15,150$1,150,037—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Howard Hughes discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$4,650,000$3,701,334—$8,351,334
Death$1,950,000$3,374,588—$5,324,588
Change in control and involuntary termination$7,350,000$3,701,334—$11,051,334

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Howard Hughes Holdings Inc.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Howard Hughes’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David O'ReillyChief Executive Officer$7,826,778
L. Jay Cross · this pageFormer President$7,413,060
Carlos OleaChief Financial Officer$2,973,473
Andrew DavisHHC Chief Operating Officer$1,934,903
Andrew HHCChief Operating Officer$1,934,903
Joseph ValaneChief Legal Officer & Secretary$1,905,604
Doug JohnstonePresident, HHC Hawaii Region & National Condo Development$1,857,328

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