Chief Executive Officer · WELLTOWER INC. (WELL)

Shankh Mitra

A named executive officer of WELLTOWER 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

$821,090,355

Includes a multi-year grant valued at $789,126,634, $412,977,835 of it performance-based. The filing says: “the amounts shown under the 10-Year ECAP column, below, represent ten years of each NEO's compensation ... any Performance-Based LTIP Units that do not become Vested LTIP Units based on achievement of the predetermined performance milestones during the Performance Period will be forfeited ... subject to significant restrictions on transferability and redemption through at least October 2030”. Total without the grant: $31,963,721.

FY2024: $20,200,824

1st of 5 named executive officers at Welltower by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for WELLTOWER, FY2025

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What this number hides

The filing gives the total. WELLTOWER’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Shankh Mitra compensation by year

WELLTOWER Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WELLTOWER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$425,000$700,000$700,000$767,516$1,000,039$1,150,044$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,300,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,436,011$2,276,423$3,000,065$6,528,380$5,999,991$7,754,249$11,653,191$13,532,489$813,178,818
Option awards$0$0$0$0$1,500,088$2,700,000$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$392,891$1,944,688$1,802,792$1,852,490$3,920,000$2,634,267$4,320,000$5,369,463$6,500,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$359,598$13,750$225,286$409,048$333,592$28,375$26,700$98,872$111,537
Total$2,613,500$4,934,861$5,728,143$9,557,434$12,753,710$14,266,935$17,199,891$20,200,824$821,090,355

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WELLTOWER INC. DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0000766704-26-000014, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WELLTOWER INC. filed document, accession 0000766704-26-000014. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

$2.6M
$4.9M
$5.7M
$9.6M
$12.8M
$14.3M
$17.2M
$20.2M
$821.1M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU2,485,146$461,267,949—
RSU475,282$88,217,092—
RSU276,735$51,364,783—
RSU217,158$40,306,696—
RSU193,535$35,922,031—
RSU61,546$6,289,386—
RSU25,464$4,726,373—
RSU22,647$4,203,510—
RSU17,726$3,290,123—
RSU32,174$3,196,165—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 10, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-26Gift—3,852$0.0072,642
2026-05-31Grant or award—17$173.3276,494
2026-05-27Gift—162$0.0076,477
2025-04-30Gift—700$0.0076,639

The 4 most recent of 4 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 WELLTOWER discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$0
Voluntary resignation$0$0$0$0
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$13,169,463$84,009,205$42,587$97,221,255
Change in control and resignation for good reason$17,609,028$114,785,484$42,587$132,437,099
Disability$5,369,463$84,009,205$0$89,378,668
Change in control and involuntary termination$17,609,028$114,785,484$42,587$132,437,099
Death$5,369,463$84,009,205$0$89,378,668
Involuntary termination without cause$13,169,463$84,009,205$42,587$97,221,255

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in WELLTOWER INC.'s FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

WELLTOWER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Shankh Mitra · this pageChief Executive Officer$821,090,355
Nikhil ChaudhriCo-President and Chief Investment Officer$185,810,445
Timothy McHughCo-President and Chief Financial Officer$166,955,140
John BurkartVice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer$100,240,700
Matthew McQueenChief Legal Officer and General Counsel$93,458,297

Board service

WELLTOWER board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: WELLTOWER pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $220,000 in Deferred Stock Units. As stated in WELLTOWER's FY2025 proxy.

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