Chief Executive Officer · United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS)

Marc Swanson

A named executive officer of United Parks & Resorts 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

$4,891,868

FY2024: $1,078,031

1st of 6 named executive officers at United Parks & Resorts by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for United Parks & Resorts, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Marc Swanson compensation by year

United Parks & Resorts Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as United Parks & Resorts reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$280,008$309,171$350,000$364,776$356,667$432,757$450,000$450,000$450,000$450,000
Bonus$56,880$0$0$75,250$0$126,563$44,176$37,969$0$33,750
Stock awards$288,915$813,980$820,809$1,957,201$1,626,631$758,142$337,488$337,451$337,496$4,134,963
Option awards$74,666$0$0$129,462$0$454,061$261,401$270,746$274,559$265,044
Non-equity incentive$0$0$153,220$0$0$236,774$36,723$2,632$7,965$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$24,446$24,986$19,873$20,967$9,757$1,103$7,232$7,733$8,011$8,111
Total$724,915$1,148,137$1,343,902$2,547,656$1,993,055$2,009,400$1,137,020$1,106,531$1,078,031$4,891,868

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: United Parks & Resorts Inc. DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-197833, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the United Parks & Resorts Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-197833. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$725K
$1.1M
$1.3M
$2.5M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$4.9M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU100,527$3,649,130—
PSU16,177$587,225—
RSU9,831$356,865—
PSU6,346$230,360—
Option3,932—$34.33
Option3,949—$53.18
Option1,692—$53.18
Option2,635—$56.92
Option9,176—$34.33

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-22Grant or award—59,524$0.00447,454
2026-06-30Tax withholding—2,798$47.74387,930
2026-04-29Grant or award—983$0.00391,092
2026-04-29Tax withholding—364$34.36390,728

The 4 most recent of 4 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 →

United Parks & Resorts’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Marc Swanson · this pageChief Executive Officer$4,891,868
Byron SurrettChief Parks Operations Officer - Non-Florida Parks$1,595,179
Christopher FinazzoChief Commercial Officer$1,585,479
Kyle MillerChief Parks Operations Officer - Florida Parks$1,354,580
James ForresterInterim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$910,445
James MikolaichikFormer Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$350,857

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