Vail Resorts (MTN) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Robert A. Katz, Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $4M in fiscal 2025, up 79% from $2.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 134:1, on median employee pay of $29,598.

Filed
October 30, 2025
Annual meeting
December 9, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$4M+79% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
134:1median $29,598
CEO pay in equity
71%$2.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
Katz at-risk compensation
73.7%Three-year average
Other NEO at-risk compensation
67.3%Three-year average
Lynch severance benefits
$2.42MIncluded in all other compensation
MIP minimum threshold
80%Resort Reported EBITDA target

How Katz was paid

$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.

Salary28%Stock awards36%Option awards36%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Robert A. KatzChairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$3,952,230
Kirsten A. LynchFormer Chief Executive Officer$9,496,826
Angela A. KorchExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,564,005
Julie A. DeCeccoExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Public Affairs Officer$1,494,707
Lynanne KunkelExecutive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Transformation Officer$2,306,598
William C. RockPresident - Mountain Division$2,081,008

What changed and why

  • $9.5M$9,496,826 was Kirsten Lynch’s total compensation, including $2,421,540 in severance and post-termination benefits.
  • $4M$3,952,230 was Robert Katz’s total compensation after becoming CEO on May 22, 2025.
  • 50%50% of fiscal 2025 CEO equity grants were performance-based Premium SARs with exercise prices 10% above grant-date closing prices.
  • $862K$862,158 was Lynch’s non-equity incentive compensation, compared with no such award for Katz.
  • 80%80% Resort Reported EBITDA achievement was the minimum threshold for any MIP payout; maximum funding required at least 120%.
  • 98%98% of votes cast supported the executive compensation program 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.