Chief Financial Officer · Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO)

Martin Kelly

A named executive officer of Apollo Global Management in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$13,828,947

FY2024: $14,535,142

4th of 5 named executive officers at Apollo Global Management by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Apollo Global Management, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Martin Kelly compensation by year

Apollo Global Management Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Apollo Global Management reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$250,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,597,962$7,396,975$19,160,680$1,082,082$1,043,706$12,486,557$9,455,510
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$1,910,017$1,109,528$3,885,828$1,491,637$1,626,223$1,048,585$3,373,437
Total$5,507,979$9,506,503$24,296,508$3,573,719$3,669,929$14,535,142$13,828,947

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Apollo Global Management, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-177321, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Apollo Global Management, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-177321. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.

$5.5M
$9.5M
$24.3M
$3.6M
$3.7M
$14.5M
$13.8M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU69,022$9,991,625—
RSU19,499$2,822,675—
PSU11,706$1,694,561—
RSU3,494$505,791—
RSU2,968$429,648—
RSU111$16,068—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Apollo Global Management, Inc.'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 April 24, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-14Gift—1,534$0.00399,533
2026-08-14Sale—3,000$140.84396,533
2026-06-09Gift—1,300$0.00399,767
2026-05-15Gift—155$0.00401,067
2026-05-14Gift—415$0.00401,222
2026-05-14Sale—7,000$134.64401,637

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 Apollo Global Management discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$4,613,429—$4,613,429
Disability$0$4,613,429—$4,613,429
Involuntary termination without cause$515,903$8,034—$523,937
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$515,903$0—$515,903

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

Apollo Global Management’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James BelardiExecutive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of AHL and Director$71,162,150
John ZitoCo-President of AAM$50,128,663
Whitney ChatterjeeChief Legal Officer$14,285,087
Martin Kelly · this pageChief Financial Officer$13,828,947
Marc RowanChairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director$913,367

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