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Fiscal year 2025

Robert Fauber — FY2025 total compensation $18,082,565

Robert Fauber is President and Chief Executive Officer of Moodys Corp (MCO). The company reported total compensation of $18,082,565 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,100,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$11,359,903
Option awards$2,840,080
Non-equity incentive plan$2,226,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$514,370
All other compensation$42,212
Total$18,082,565

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 Moodys Corp filed March 4, 2026, accession 0001059556-26-000019.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025President and Chief Executive Officer$1,100,000$0$11,359,903$2,840,080$2,226,000$514,370$42,212$18,082,565
FY2023President and Chief Executive Officer$1,000,000$0$8,799,948$2,200,036$2,000,000$366,643$21,032$14,387,659
FY2022President and Chief Executive Officer$975,000$0$7,200,141$1,799,969$1,628,000$0$16,663$11,619,773
FY2021President and Chief Executive Officer$900,000$0$5,120,156$1,279,993$2,210,000$225,904$14,104$9,750,157
FY2020President and Chief Executive Officer$700,000$0$2,400,115$599,973$1,553,500$494,064$47,280$5,794,932

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Moodys Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$23,407,494
Difference from that median$-5,324,929
Percentile within the disclosed peer group14th
Peers with a disclosed figure14

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Moodys Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Moodys Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Fauber this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$18,082,565
Michael WestPresident of Moody's Ratings$5,799,776
Noémie HeulandSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$5,444,111
Stephen TulenkoFormer President of Moody's Analytics$5,420,280
Richard SteeleSenior Vice President and General Counsel$3,173,226

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

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The company page

Robert Fauber's compensation sits inside Moodys Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Moodys Corp (MCO) compensation brief