StepStone Group (STEP) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Scott W. Hart, Chief Executive Officer and Director, was paid $4.7M in fiscal 2025, up 73% from $2.7M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 29:1, on median employee pay of $163,738.

Filed
July 25, 2025
Annual meeting
September 9, 2025
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$4.7M+73% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
29:1median $163,738
CEO pay in equity
10%$450,023 in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
99%of votes cast
CEO salary
$500,000Maintained for fiscal 2025
CEO bonus
$737,500Annual cash bonus
CEO stock awards
$450,023RSU grant-date fair value
Average NEO total
$3,581,133Excluding the CEO

How Hart was paid

$4.7M 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.

Salary11%Bonus16%Stock awards10%All other compensation64%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Scott W. HartChief Executive Officer and Director$4,705,412
David ParkChief Financial Officer$1,270,610
Jason P. MentPresident and Co-Chief Operating Officer$3,746,757
Jose A. FernandezCo-Chief Operating Officer and Director$3,926,763
Michael McCabeHead of Strategy and Director$5,380,401

What changed and why

  • $500K$500,000: Annual salary for each named executive officer in fiscal 2025.
  • $4.7M$4,705,412: CEO total compensation, including $3,017,889 in all other compensation.
  • $3M$3,003,281: CEO carried-interest and incentive-fee cash payments included in all other compensation.
  • 8,385: Restricted stock units granted to the CEO, vesting in four equal annual installments.
  • $164K29:1: CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio based on median employee compensation of $163,738.
  • 99%99%: Votes cast in favor of the prior say-on-pay advisory vote.

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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.