Chief Executive Officer · United Bankshares Inc (UBSI)

Richard Adams, Jr.

FY2024 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Richard Adams, Jr. as a named executive officer of United Bankshares; the record below is that year, complete. 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, FY2024

$5,538,879

5 named officers on file for United Bankshares, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 1, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Richard Adams, Jr. compensation by year

United Bankshares Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as United Bankshares reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024
Salary$1,057,692
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,386,712
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$1,992,222
Pension and deferred compensation$16,583
All other$85,670
Total$5,538,879

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: United Bankshares Inc DEF 14A filed April 1, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-069709, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the United Bankshares Inc filed document, accession 0001193125-25-069709. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 1, 2025.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU43,655$1,639,245—
PSU38,892$1,460,395—
PSU30,976$1,163,149—
RSU29,104$1,092,855—
PSU24,341$914,005—
PSU22,804$856,290—
RSU17,286$649,089—
PSU12,304$462,015—
RSU10,820$406,291—
RSU10,135$380,569—
RSU6,885$258,532—
RSU2,735$102,699—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in United Bankshares Inc's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed April 1, 2025)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-02-23Tax withholding—2,299$44.28890,975.47
2026-02-23Grant or award—16,008$0.00893,274.47
2026-02-23Tax withholding—7,260$44.28883,715.47
2026-02-22Tax withholding—3,919$44.28877,266.47
2026-02-20Tax withholding—3,865$44.07881,185.47
2026-02-19Grant or award—21,551$0.00885,050.47
2025-12-11Exercise or conversion—33,300$35.04894,159.41
2025-12-11Tax withholding—31,233$39.53862,926.41

The 8 most recent of 9 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 →

United Bankshares’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Richard Adams Jr.Chief Executive Officer$6,140,650
Richard AdamsExecutive Chairman$5,341,741
James Consagra Jr.President$4,566,702
W. Mark TattersonExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$2,848,016
Darren WilliamsChief Risk and Information Officer$1,699,327

Board service

United Bankshares board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: United Bankshares pays directors a $55,000 cash retainer and $70,000 in equity. As stated in United Bankshares's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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