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Fiscal year 2025

Scott Adelson — FY2025 total compensation $11,329,033

Scott Adelson is Chief Executive Officer of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI). The company reported total compensation of $11,329,033 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$500,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$0
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$10,500,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$329,033
Total$11,329,033

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 Houlihan Lokey, Inc. filed July 25, 2025, accession 0001302215-25-000084.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$500,000$0$0$0$10,500,000$0$329,033$11,329,033
FY2024Co President and Global Co Head of Corporate Finance$500,000$0$0$0$4,000,000$0$0$4,500,000
FY2023Chief Executive Officer$500,000$6,900,000$7,400,000

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Houlihan Lokey, Inc..

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$35,449,589
Difference from that median$-24,120,556
Percentile within the disclosed peer group20th
Peers with a disclosed figure10

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Houlihan Lokey, Inc. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
P. Eric SiegertCo-Chairman$14,800,000
Scott Adelson this pageChief Executive Officer$11,329,033
Scott BeiserCo-Chairman (former Chief Executive Officer)$4,000,000
J. Lindsey AlleyChief Financial Officer$3,750,000
Irwin GoldCo-Chairman$3,209,631
Christopher CrainGeneral Counsel and Secretary$2,750,000

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

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The company page

Scott Adelson's compensation sits inside Houlihan Lokey, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI) compensation brief