Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Wayne ("Gil") West, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $4.5M in 2025, down 87% from $35.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 122:1, on median employee pay of $37,043.

Filed
April 16, 2026
Annual meeting
May 28, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$4.5M-87% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
122:1median $37,043
Prior say-on-pay support
84%of votes cast
Profitability improvement
$2B+Year-over-year increase
Short-term incentive payout
133.5%Of targeted amount
Say-on-pay support
84%Prior year vote
Full-year revenue
$8.5BTotal for fiscal 2025
Average fleet age
<10 mosLowest in nearly a decade

How West was paid

$4.5M 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.

Salary33%Non-equity incentive66%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Wayne ("Gil") WestChief Executive Officer$4,524,371
Scott HaralsonEVP and Chief Financial Officer$3,474,720
Christopher G. BergEVP Fleet Management$3,365,623
Michael S. MooreEVP and Chief Operating Officer$2,846,479
Sandeep DubeEVP and Chief Commercial Officer$2,103,010
Katherine Lee MartinFormer EVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary$2,202,121

What changed and why

  • Fiscal year 2025 marked the first full year of executing the Back-to-Basics strategy.
  • 2BProfitability improved by more than 2 billion dollars year over year.
  • 133.5%Executives earned short-term incentive payouts equal to 133.5 percent of their targeted amounts.
  • Adjusted corporate EBITDA performance resulted in no earned amounts for NEOs under performance stock units.
  • 84%Stockholders approved the executive compensation program with 84 percent support at the prior annual meeting.

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.