President, Chief Executive Officer and Director · Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM)

Phillip Kardis II

A named executive officer of Chimera Investment 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

$6,167,961

FY2023: $6,146,878

1st of 5 named executive officers at Chimera Investment by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Chimera Investment, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 23, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Phillip Kardis II compensation by year

Chimera Investment Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Chimera Investment reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2023FY2025
Salary$750,000$750,000$750,000$750,000$850,000$900,000
Bonus$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$750,008$750,009$750,018$2,191,097$2,670,453$3,890,781
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$3,188,300$2,606,625$1,356,180
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$15,900$8,900$16,500$16,500$19,800$21,000
Total$3,015,908$3,008,909$3,016,518$6,145,897$6,146,878$6,167,961

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Chimera Investment Corporation DEF 14A filed April 23, 2026, accession 0001206774-26-000238, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Chimera Investment Corporation filed document, accession 0001206774-26-000238. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 23, 2026.

$3.0M
$3.0M
$3.0M
$6.1M
$6.1M
$6.2M
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FY17
FY18
FY19
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU308,902$3,839,652—
PSU109,585$1,362,146—
RSU102,968$1,279,889—
RSU37,623$467,654—

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

Chimera Investment’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Phillip Kardis II · this pagePresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director$6,167,961
Jack Macdowell Jr.Chief Investment Officer$2,869,356
Subramaniam ViswanathanChief Financial Officer$2,758,203
Dan ThakkarFormer Chief Credit & Risk Officer$2,155,412
Miyun SungChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,397,572

Board service

Chimera Investment board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Chimera Investment pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $130,000 in RSUs. As stated in Chimera Investment's FY2025 proxy.

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