World Acceptance (WRLD) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

R Chad Prashad, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $2.3M in 2025, up 136% from $965,737 the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 53:1, on median employee pay of $42,718.

Filed
July 23, 2025
Annual meeting
August 20, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
7
CEO total pay
$2.3M+136% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
53:1median $42,718
CEO pay in equity
57%$1.3M in awards
CEO stock awards
$1,299,9362025 grant-date fair value
CEO salary
$864,037Base salary earned
CEO vested value
$4,515,046Value realized on vesting
CEO pension value
$648,584Accumulated benefit present value

How Prashad was paid

$2.3M 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.

Salary38%Stock awards57%Pension and deferred comp3%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
R Chad PrashadPresident and Chief Executive Officer$2,276,080
John L. Calmes, Jr.Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer and Treasurer$1,379,874
D. Clinton DyerExecutive Vice President and Chief Branch Operations Officer$1,344,334
Luke J. UmstetterSenior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary$905,004
A. Lindsay CaulderSenior Vice President, Human Resources$671,530
Scott McIntyreSenior Vice President, Accounting$669,042
Jason E. ChildersSenior Vice President, Information Technology$662,585

What changed and why

  • $2.3M2025 CEO total compensation was $2,276,080, versus $965,737 in 2024.
  • $1.3M2025 CEO stock awards were $1,299,936, after dashes in the 2024 and 2023 columns.
  • $42,71853:1 pay ratio used median employee compensation of $42,718.
  • December 18, 2025 is the stated full-vesting date for restricted stock shares.
  • 2025 bonus and non-equity incentive compensation columns showed dashes for every named executive officer.

Other World Acceptance proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    R Chad Prashad paid $6.7M (+195% on the year), pay ratio 136:1.

    Filed Jul 22, 2026

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.