President and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation · Equitable Holdings, Inc. (EQH)

Seth Bernstein

A named executive officer of Equitable in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. 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, FY2025

$15,133,200

FY2024: $12,127,194

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Equitable by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Equitable, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Seth Bernstein compensation by year

Equitable Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Equitable reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$334,615$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000$500,000
Bonus$3,000,000$3,500,000$3,850,000$4,015,000$5,575,000$4,925,000$4,515,000$5,425,000$6,925,000
Stock awards$3,500,003$4,740,000$4,750,026$4,585,051$6,075,025$5,575,062$4,995,054$6,075,046$7,575,070
Option awards$0$0$250,004$250,003$0—$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0——$0—$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0——$0—$0$0$0
All other$148,274$344,847$94,859$52,509$142,813$277,777$114,201$127,148$133,130
Total$6,982,892$9,084,847$9,444,889$9,402,563$12,292,838$11,277,839$10,124,255$12,127,194$15,133,200

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Equitable Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed August 10, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-341149, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Equitable Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-341149. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed August 10, 2026.

$7.0M
$9.1M
$9.4M
$9.4M
$12.3M
$11.3M
$10.1M
$12.1M
$15.1M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU20,452$1,103,385—
PSU8,248$444,980—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed August 10, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-10Grant or award—103.73$0.0055,969.56

The 1 most recent of 1 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Equitable discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$3,500,000$13,556,007$22,359$17,135,366
Disability$0$14,469,158$22,359$14,491,517
Involuntary termination without cause$5,250,000$13,556,007$22,359$18,828,366
Retirement$0$2,057,083$0$2,057,083
Change in control, no termination$0$14,080,706$0$14,080,706
Death$0$14,469,158$22,359$14,491,517
Change in control and involuntary termination$7,000,000$14,079,848$22,359$21,102,207
Voluntary resignation$0$11,499,924$0$11,499,924

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Equitable Holdings, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Equitable’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Mark PearsonChief Executive Officer and President, Equitable Holdings$18,001,113
Seth Bernstein · this pagePresident and CEO, AllianceBernstein Corporation$15,133,200
Nick LanePresident, Equitable$6,022,710
Jeffrey HurdChief Operating Officer, Equitable Holdings$5,927,772
Robin RajuChief Financial Officer, Equitable Holdings$5,584,840

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