Sabre (SABR) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Kurt Ekert, Chief Executive Officer and President, was paid $7.4M in 2025, down 13% from $8.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 109:1, on median employee pay of $68,214.

Filed
March 19, 2026
Annual meeting
April 29, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$7.4M-13% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
109:1median $68,214
CEO pay in equity
82%$6M in awards
CEO Salary
$900,000Unchanged from prior year
CEO Stock Awards
$6,044,000Grant date fair value
Hospitality Sale Bonus
$5,300,000Paid to Scott Wilson
Median Employee Pay
$68,2142025 annual total

How Ekert was paid

$7.4M 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 awards82%Non-equity incentive6%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Kurt EkertChief Executive Officer and President$7,409,848
Michael RandolfiExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,838,705
Jennifer CattoExecutive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer$5,498,171
Roshan MendisExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$3,795,856
Garry WisemanExecutive Vice President and Chief Product and Technology Officer$3,351,804
Scott WilsonFormer Executive Vice President and President, Hospitality Solutions$9,430,037

What changed and why

  • $7.4MCEO Kurt Ekert received total compensation of $7,409,848 in fiscal year 2025, down from $8,530,530 in 2024.
  • $3.50The Compensation Committee used a minimum stock price of $3.50 to calculate annual equity grants due to recent stock price reductions.
  • $5.3MScott Wilson received a one-time cash bonus payment of $5,300,000 contingent on the Hospitality Solutions business sale.
  • Supplemental cash payments subject to retention clawbacks were approved for select named executive officers in February 2026.
  • Performance-based stock units use Free Cash Flow metrics and a relative TSR modifier against the S&P Composite 1500 Information Technology index.

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.