Green Brick Partners (GRBK) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

James R. Brickman, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $13.4M in 2025, up 64% from $8.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 122:1, on median employee pay of $109,850.

Filed
May 22, 2026
Annual meeting
July 1, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$13.4M+64% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
122:1median $109,850
CEO pay in equity
57%$7.6M in awards
CEO bonus target
$3,700,000For 2025
Stock incentive payout
25%Brickman and Dolson
Five-year TSR
272.9%Through December 31, 2025
Employee population
Approximately 620United States employees

How Brickman was paid

$13.4M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary12%Stock awards57%Non-equity incentive31%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
James R. BrickmanChief Executive Officer$13,400,745
Jeffery CoxChief Financial Officer$1,931,938
Jed DolsonPresident, Chief Operating Officer$9,048,965
Neal SuitEVP, General Counsel$2,381,105
Bobby L. Samuel IIIEVP, Land$1,898,346
Richard A. CostelloFormer Chief Financial Officer$831,043

What changed and why

  • $13.4M$13.4 million was CEO total compensation in 2025, up from $8.2 million in 2024.
  • $7.6M$7.6 million of CEO compensation was stock awards, including annual incentive shares and 2025 LTIP awards.
  • 25%25% of the 2025 Annual Incentive Bonus was paid in shares to Messrs.
  • Brickman and Dolson.
  • 2025 LTIP performance awards use ROA and relative TSR over one-year and three-year performance periods.
  • $3.7M$3.7 million was Mr. Brickman’s 2025 annual bonus target.
  • $110K122:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $109,850.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.