Upbound Group (UPBD) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Fahmi Karam, Chief Executive Officer; former Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, was paid $7.4M in 2025, up 140% from $3.1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 202:1, on median employee pay of $36,469.

Filed
April 21, 2026
Annual meeting
June 2, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$7.4M+140% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
202:1median $36,469
CEO pay in equity
68%$5M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$7,363,260For CEO Fahmi Karam in fiscal 2025
Median Employee Pay
$36,469Customer Account Representative in Indiana
CEO Pay Ratio
202:1Ratio of CEO to median employee compensation
Short-Term Incentive Payout
74%Percentage of target bonus paid for 2025

How Karam 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.

Salary15%Stock awards68%Non-equity incentive17%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Mitchell FadelFormer Chief Executive Officer$6,978,541
Fahmi KaramChief Executive Officer; former Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer$7,363,260
Hal KhouriExecutive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer$2,003,632
Tyler MontroneExecutive Vice President - Acima$1,580,571
Anthony BlasquezExecutive Vice President - Rent-A-Center$1,572,757
Bryan PecherskyExecutive Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$1,256,307

What changed and why

  • Fahmi Karam was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2025, succeeding Mitchell Fadel who retired.
  • 74%Named executive officers received 74 percent of their target bonus amounts under the 2025 annual cash incentive program.
  • Long-term incentives for executives consist of restricted stock units and performance stock units based on relative total shareholder return.
  • $36,469The CEO-to-median employee pay ratio for fiscal 2025 was 202 to 1 with median employee total compensation of $36,469.

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.