Avis Budget Group's CEO is Brian Choi, appointed in Jul 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is $5.92M, comprised of 14.1% salary and 85.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.34% of the company’s shares, worth €19.67M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.3 years and 6.3 years respectively.
Key information
Brian Choi
Chief executive officer
US$5.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
14.14%
CEO tenure
less than a year
CEO ownership
0.3%
Management average tenure
1.3yrs
Board average tenure
6.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Brian Choi's remuneration changed compared to Avis Budget Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
-US$667m
Dec 31 2025
US$6m
US$838k
-US$889m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Dec 31 2024
US$3m
US$675k
-US$2b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$396m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$785m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2023
US$4m
US$624k
US$2b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Dec 31 2022
US$5m
US$600k
US$3b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2021
US$3m
US$500k
US$1b
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$813m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$183m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$696m
Dec 31 2020
US$3m
US$167k
-US$684m
Compensation vs Market: Brian's total compensation ($USD5.92M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.00M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Brian's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
CEO
Brian Choi (43 yo)
less than a year
Tenure
US$5,921,410
Compensation
Mr. Brian J. Choi serves as Chief Executive Officer at Avis Budget Group, Inc. since July 1, 2025. He serves as Director at Avis Budget Finance plc since August 24, 2020. Mr. Choi has been Chief Financial...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Jagdeep Pahwa
Executive Chairman
8.2yrs
US$5.01m
0.025% € 1.5m
Brian Choi
Chief Executive Officer
less than a year
US$5.92m
0.34% € 19.7m
Daniel Cunha
Executive VP & CFO
less than a year
US$2.25m
no data
Edward Linnen
Chief Human Resource Officer & Executive VP
13.3yrs
US$1.89m
0.12% € 6.8m
Ravindra Simhambhatla
Executive VP and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
3.9yrs
US$2.19m
0.039% € 2.3m
Tina Goldenberg
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
no data
no data
no data
David Calabria
Treasurer & Senior VP of Corporate Finance
7.4yrs
no data
no data
Jean Sera
Senior VP
19.8yrs
no data
0.11% € 6.2m
Stephen Wright
Senior Vice President of Global Travel
no data
no data
no data
Cathleen DeGenova
Adviser
no data
no data
0.022% € 1.3m
John O'Neill
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Americas
1.9yrs
no data
no data
James Adams
EVP & Chief Revenue Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
1.3yrs
Average Tenure
51.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1CAR's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.3 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Jagdeep Pahwa
Executive Chairman
8.2yrs
US$5.01m
0.025% € 1.5m
Lynn Krominga
Lead Independent Director
19.7yrs
US$345.02k
no data
Bernardo Hees
Director
6.3yrs
US$254.94k
0.33% € 19.2m
Glenn Lurie
Independent Director
8.1yrs
US$304.97k
0% € 0
Karthik Sarma
Independent Director
6.1yrs
no data
no data
Joseph Ferraro
Board Advisor
1yr
US$8.00m
0.80% € 46.5m
Anulakshmi Hariharan
Independent Director
4.4yrs
US$270.03k
0% € 0
6.3yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1CAR's board of directors are considered experienced (6.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/19 00:00
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/19 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Avis Budget Group, Inc. is covered by 14 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.