CEO total pay
$37,187,657
Edward Pick · 2025
Say on pay
95.43%
Latest disclosed shareholder vote
CEO pay ratio
CD&A273 to 1
Median employee: $136,396
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation, Management Development and Succession Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Pick2025 compensation | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | $37,187,657↑ 49% | 95% at-risk | $1,500,000 | $24,476,463 | — | $315,324 |
Sharon Yeshaya2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $19,215,735↑ 26% | 95% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $10,284,614 | — | $36,903 |
Andrew M. Saperstein2025 compensation | President and Head of Wealth Management and Investment Management | $28,462,554↑ 19% | 96% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $16,159,849 | — | $109,726 |
Daniel A. Simkowitz2025 compensation | President and Head of Institutional Securities | $28,389,563↑ 25% | 96% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $16,159,849 | — | $14,000 |
Eric F. Grossman*2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer | $19,272,086 | 94% at-risk | $1,000,000 | $10,284,614 | — | $94,286 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
CD&A excerpt
Compensation discussion & analysis
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“AnchorProhibition Against Pledging and Hedging”
pledging
prohibited
“AnchorProhibition Against Pledging and Hedging”
clawback
present
“clawback policy (the Morgan Stanley Compensation Recoupment Policy) to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act and the regulations and listing standards adopted thereunder”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“AnchorDirector Equity Ownership Requirement”
change in control
NO CHANGE IN CONTROL TAX GROSS-UP PROTECTION
“NO CHANGE IN CONTROL TAX GROSS-UP PROTECTION”
compensation consultant
independent
“independent compensation consultant, Semler Brossy, evaluates market pay throughout the year and at year end to inform its compensation decisions”
compensation committee
Compensation, Management Development and Succession Committee
“During the year ended December 31, 2025, Messrs. Nally, Glocer, and Wilkins and Ms. James served on our Compensation, Management Development and Succession Committee”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
$70.6 billion
“by the Firm’s exceptional results and Mr. Pick’s consistent execution of the Firm’s strategy — raising, managing and allocating capital • Executed on strategic objectives including continued focus on the Firm’s four pill…”
say on pay
95.43%
“votes cast at the May 2025 annual meeting of shareholders were in favor of our annual “Say on Pay” proposal.”
ceo pay ratio
273 to 1
“the Firm. For 2025, our last completed fiscal year, the median of the annual total compensation of all employees of the Firm (other than the CEO) was $136,396 and the annual total compensation of our CEO, as reported in …”
median employee compensation
$136,396
“SEC rules for identifying the median compensated employee for purposes of this disclosure allow companies to adopt various methodologies and utilize various assumptions, the ratio reported by other companies may not be c…”
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