Jefferies Financial Group (JEF) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Richard B. Handler, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $28.4M in fiscal 2025, up 26% from $22.6M the year before.

Filed
February 23, 2026
Annual meeting
March 26, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$28.4M+26% vs prior year
CEO pay in equity
60%$17.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
89%of votes cast
CEO stock awards
$17,206,2432025 grant-date fair value
President total pay
$28,660,8612025 total compensation
CEO maximum PSU value
$12,904,683Maximum payout level
Target ROTE
10%Three-year RSU performance target

How Handler was paid

$28.4M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary4%Bonus35%Stock awards60%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Richard B. HandlerChief Executive Officer$28,447,020
Brian P. FriedmanPresident$28,660,861
Joseph S. SteinbergChairman of the Board$1,313,032
Michael J. SharpExecutive Vice President and General Counsel$9,809,835
Matthew S. LarsonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$8,809,710

What changed and why

  • $28.4M$28,447,020 was CEO Richard Handler’s total compensation in 2025, compared with $22,622,248 in 2024.
  • $17.2M$17,206,243 was the 2025 stock-award value for both the CEO and President.
  • $12.9M$12,904,683 was the maximum payout grant-date value of each CEO and President PSU award.
  • 10%10% ROTE over three years was the target performance threshold for the CEO and President’s performance-based RSUs.
  • 7.5%7.5% ROTE was the threshold performance level, while 15% ROTE was the maximum level for those RSUs.
  • 89%89% of votes supported the company’s say-on-pay proposal in the prior year.

About this page

The figures were read out of the DEF 14A proxy statement on EDGAR by a language model and every number was then checked against the filing text; a figure that could not be found there is left out rather than shown. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the filing for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.

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