Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer · Equity Residential (EQR)

Robert Garechana

A named executive officer of Equity Residential in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,748,384

FY2024: $4,194,209

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

Robert Garechana compensation by year

Equity Residential Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Equity Residential reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$550,000$550,000$550,000$600,000$600,000$600,000$625,000
Bonus—$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,300,043$1,208,560$1,085,040$2,127,400$2,122,444$2,112,405$2,640,380
Option awards—$126,670$260,189$0$337,516$334,187$359,299
Non-equity incentive$907,500$433,565$795,465$1,125,000$1,055,250$1,134,630$1,102,219
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$23,510$8,550$14,778$9,150$15,145$12,987$21,486
Total$3,781,053$2,327,345$2,705,472$3,861,550$4,130,355$4,194,209$4,748,384

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Equity Residential DEF 14A filed April 14, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-155007, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.8M
$2.3M
$2.7M
$3.9M
$4.1M
$4.2M
$4.7M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity Residential’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Mark ParrellPresident & Chief Executive Officer$12,759,187
Michael ManelisExecutive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer$5,296,826
Robert Garechana · this pageExecutive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer$4,748,384
Alexander BrackenridgeExecutive Vice President - Investments$4,669,428
Scott FensterExecutive Vice President & General Counsel$2,870,663
Bret McLeodExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$2,323,863

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How this record is built

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