Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · PJT Partners Inc. (PJT)

Paul Taubman

A named executive officer of PJT Partners 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

$1,031,350

FY2024: $1,030,510

4th of 4 named executive officers at PJT Partners by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for PJT Partners, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Paul Taubman compensation by year

PJT Partners Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as PJT Partners reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$3,198,000$0$0$0$39,100,000$0$0$0
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$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$0$0$15,000$15,000$15,000$15,000$16,595$29,620$30,510$31,350
Total$1,000,000$1,000,000$4,213,000$1,015,000$1,015,000$1,015,000$40,116,595$1,029,620$1,030,510$1,031,350

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: PJT Partners Inc. DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-028424, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the PJT Partners Inc. filed document, accession 0001628280-26-028424. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

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$1.0M
$4.2M
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$40.1M
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SalaryStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU400,000$66,880,000—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 29, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-30Exercise or conversion derivative—36,000$166.175,352,000
2026-04-30Exercise or conversion derivative—36,000$151.715,388,000

The 2 most recent of 2 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 →

PJT Partners’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ji-Yeun LeeManaging Partner$5,526,443
Helen MeatesChief Financial Officer$4,538,455
David TravinGeneral Counsel$3,148,573
Paul Taubman · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,031,350

Board service

PJT Partners board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: PJT Partners pays directors a $250,000 cash retainer and $250,000 in RSUs. As stated in PJT Partners's FY2025 proxy.

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