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Fiscal year 2024

Steven Gardner — FY2024 total compensation $4,682,495

Steven Gardner is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (PPBI). The company reported total compensation of $4,682,495 for fiscal year 2024.

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Fiscal year 2024 compensation

Salary$950,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,618,955
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$997,500
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$116,040
Total$4,682,495

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 Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc filed April 7, 2025, accession 0001558370-25-004551.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$6,287,795
Difference from that median$-1,605,299
Percentile within the disclosed peer group40th
Peers with a disclosed figure20

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc

Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Steven Gardner this pageChairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President$4,682,495
Edward WilcoxPresident and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank$2,905,986
Ronald Nicolas, Jr.Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,558,462
Michael KarrSenior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer$1,494,855
Thomas RiceSenior Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer$1,450,516

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2024, and what it reported for each. See the full Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc compensation brief.

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The company page

Steven Gardner's compensation sits inside Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (PPBI) compensation brief