Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer · NEWMARK GROUP, INC. (NMRK)

Stephen Merkel

A named executive officer of NEWMARK in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,800,000

FY2024: $1,650,000

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed August 7, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Stephen Merkel compensation by year

NEWMARK Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NEWMARK reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$500,000$500,000
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$0$0
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,150,000$1,300,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$0$0
Total$1,650,000$1,800,000

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NEWMARK GROUP, INC. DEF 14A filed August 7, 2026, accession 0001213900-26-086659, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$1.6M
$1.8M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentive

Insider transactions since the last proxy

2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed August 7, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-27Grant or award—41,963—41,963
2026-08-27Tax withholding—10,349$15.5431,614

The 2 most recent of 2 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 →

NEWMARK’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Howard LutnickFormer Executive Chairman$5,929,612
Luis AlvaradoChief Operating Officer$3,103,846
Barry GosinChief Executive Officer$2,668,848
Michael RispoliChief Financial Officer$2,350,000
Stephen Merkel · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$1,800,000

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