Hope Bancorp: Pay

Hope Bancorp paid its 5 named executives $7.7M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Kevin S. Kim was paid $3.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $109
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Kevin S. KimChairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Thomas P. StengerChief Risk Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)
5 years
Peter J. KohChief Operating Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)
4 years
Julianna BalickaChief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
3 years
Jason KimChief Business Banking Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 8 peers with pay on file was $5.1M. The CEO of Hope Bancorp was paid $3.8M, 26% below the median.

  1. 1United Community Banks
  2. 2Ameris Bancorp
  3. 3Fulton Financial
  4. 4Wsfs Financial
  5. 5Atlantic Union Bankshares
  6. 6Simmons First National
  7. 7CVB Financial
  8. 8Hope Bancorp
  9. 9Glacier Bancorp
  10. 10BannerNot disclosed
  11. 11Cathay General BancorpNot disclosed
  12. 12First Financial BancorpNot disclosed
  13. 13First Interstate BancsystemNot disclosed
  14. 14Heartland Financial USA, Inc.Not disclosed
  15. 15Independent BankNot disclosed
  16. 16Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.Not disclosed
  17. 17RenasantNot disclosed
  18. 18WesbancoNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.