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Fiscal year 2025

Phillip Kardis II — FY2025 total compensation $6,167,961

Phillip Kardis II is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM). The company reported total compensation of $6,167,961 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$900,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$3,890,781
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$1,356,180
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$21,000
Total$6,167,961

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Chimera Investment Corporation filed April 23, 2026, accession 0001206774-26-000238.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$9,844,180
Difference from that median$-3,676,218
Percentile within the disclosed peer group21st
Peers with a disclosed figure13

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Chimera Investment Corporation discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Chimera Investment Corporation

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

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Chimera Investment Corporation compensation brief.

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The company page

Phillip Kardis II's compensation sits inside Chimera Investment Corporation's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM) compensation brief