Chief Executive Officer · Moelis & Co (MC)

Navid Mahmoodzadegan

A named executive officer of Moelis 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

$42,846,376

FY2024: $12,098,927

1st of 6 named executive officers at Moelis by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Moelis, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Navid Mahmoodzadegan compensation by year

Moelis Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Moelis reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000$400,000
Bonus$2,900,000$2,700,000$4,100,000$3,850,000$4,800,000$11,260,000$5,000,000$3,000,000$2,130,000$8,250,000
Stock awards$2,503,475$3,371,625$4,287,365$5,432,916$7,505,481$8,327,639$9,960,423$13,554,171$9,541,750$34,120,701
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$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$13,818$13,915$20,140$13,525$8,550$52,437$57,856$45,300$27,177$75,675
Total$5,817,292$6,484,820$8,807,505$9,696,441$12,714,031$20,040,076$15,418,279$16,999,471$12,098,927$42,846,376

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Moelis & Co DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-193242, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Moelis & Co filed document, accession 0001193125-26-193242. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$5.8M
$6.5M
$8.8M
$9.7M
$12.7M
$20.0M
$15.4M
$17.0M
$12.1M
$42.8M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU689,162$47,373,020—
RSU504,643$34,689,184—
RSU488,358$33,569,717—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Moelis discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination—$68,258,901—$68,258,901
Retirement—$27,913,183—$27,913,183
Resignation for good reason, no change in control—$68,258,901—$68,258,901
Death—$68,258,901—$68,258,901
Disability—$68,258,901—$68,258,901
Involuntary termination without cause—$68,258,901—$68,258,901

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

Moelis’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Navid Mahmoodzadegan · this pageChief Executive Officer$42,846,376
Kenneth MoelisExecutive Chairman$35,168,297
Jeffrey RaichExecutive Vice Chairman$3,884,333
Katherine Pilcher CiafoneChief Operating Officer$2,784,210
Christopher CallesanoChief Financial Officer$1,258,186
Joseph SimonFormer Chief Financial Officer$862,298

Board service

Moelis board · FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Moelis pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $100,000 in RSUs. As stated in Moelis's FY2025 proxy.

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