Lester R. Brafman
2021
In 2021, Lester R. Brafman earned a total compensation of $12.5M as Chief Executive Officer at Institutional Financial Markets, a 26% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Bonus | $5,500,000 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $630,000 |
| Stock Awards | $4,586,673 |
| Other | $1,754,559 |
| Total | $12,462,232 |
Brafman received $5.5M in bonus, accounting for 44% of the total pay in 2021.
Brafman also received $630K in salary, $4.6M in stock awards and $1.8M in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Lester R. Brafman's compensation ranked 734th out of 12,415 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Brafman earned more than 94.1% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 734 out of 12,415 | 94th |
Division Finance, Insurance, And Real Estate | 111 out of 2,276 | 95th |
Major group Security And Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges, And Services | 48 out of 217 | 78th |
Industry group Security Brokers, Dealers, And Flotation | 17 out of 58 | 71st |
Industry Security Brokers, Dealers, and Flotation Companies | 17 out of 58 | 71st |
Source: SEC filing on April 21, 2023.
Brafman's colleagues
We found two more compensation records of executives who worked with Lester R. Brafman at Institutional Financial Markets in 2021.
News
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April 13, 2021
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May 1, 2020
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April 26, 2019