Ventas' CEO is Deb Cafaro, appointed in Mar 1999, has a tenure of 27.25 years. total yearly compensation is $17.50M, comprised of 6.6% salary and 93.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.27% of the company’s shares, worth MX$1.78B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7 years and 6.9 years respectively.
Key information
Deb Cafaro
Chief executive officer
US$17.5m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
6.64%
CEO tenure
27.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.3%
Management average tenure
7yrs
Board average tenure
6.9yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Deb Cafaro's remuneration changed compared to Ventas's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$260m
Dec 31 2025
US$18m
US$1m
US$251m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$238m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$191m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$142m
Dec 31 2024
US$14m
US$1m
US$81m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$67m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$157m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$73m
Dec 31 2023
US$14m
US$1m
-US$41m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$5m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$77m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$69m
Dec 31 2022
US$14m
US$1m
-US$47m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
-US$43m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$16m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$145m
Dec 31 2021
US$14m
US$1m
US$49m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$200m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$152m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$91m
Dec 31 2020
US$13m
US$948k
US$439m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$340m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$413m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$780m
Dec 31 2019
US$11m
US$1m
US$433m
Compensation vs Market: Deb's total compensation ($USD17.50M) is above average for companies of similar size in the MX market ($USD4.99M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Deb's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Deb Cafaro (68 yo)
27.3yrs
Tenure
US$17,501,073
Compensation
Ms. Debra A. Cafaro, also known as Deb, J.D., has been Chief Executive Officer at Ventas, Inc. since March 5, 1999, Chairman since January 28, 2003 and a Director since 1999. She was President of Ventas, I...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Debra Cafaro
Chairman & CEO
27.3yrs
US$17.50m
0.27% MX$ 1.8b
Robert Probst
Executive VP & CFO
11.7yrs
US$6.46m
0.026% MX$ 173.9m
James Hutchens
Executive VP of Senior Housing & Chief Investment Officer
3.4yrs
US$6.35m
0.032% MX$ 214.7m
Carey Roberts
Executive VP
6.3yrs
US$4.19m
0.015% MX$ 102.3m
Alex Russo
Senior Managing Director of Investments
1.4yrs
no data
no data
Bhavana Devulapally
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
7.4yrs
no data
no data
Bill Grant
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Timothy Sanders
Senior Vice President of Business Development
2.3yrs
no data
no data
T. Riney
Senior Advisor
6.7yrs
US$3.85m
no data
Brian Wood
Chief Tax Officer & Senior VP
14.4yrs
no data
no data
Christian Cummings
Senior Vice President of Asset Management - Seniors Housing
10.8yrs
no data
no data
Randy Sohanaki
Head of Applications
no data
no data
no data
7.0yrs
Average Tenure
56.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: VTR *'s management team is seasoned and experienced (7 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Debra Cafaro
Chairman & CEO
27.4yrs
US$17.50m
0.27% MX$ 1.8b
Walter Rakowich
Independent Director
10yrs
US$345.00k
0.0054% MX$ 36.2m
Michael Embler
Independent Director
4.3yrs
US$330.00k
0.0030% MX$ 20.2m
Matthew Lustig
Independent Director
15.1yrs
US$315.00k
0.0026% MX$ 17.1m
Joe Rodriguez
Independent Director
2.4yrs
US$310.00k
0.0016% MX$ 10.8m
Marguerite Nader
Independent Director
5.9yrs
US$330.00k
0.0044% MX$ 29.5m
Melody Barnes
Independent Director
11.8yrs
US$320.00k
0.0068% MX$ 45.8m
Theodore Bigman
Independent Director
no data
US$310.00k
0.0018% MX$ 11.8m
Roxanne Martino
Lead Independent Director
10yrs
US$384.48k
0.0060% MX$ 40.5m
Sean Nolan
Independent Director
6.9yrs
US$330.00k
0.0050% MX$ 33.4m
Sumit Roy
Independent Director
3.7yrs
US$310.00k
0.00056% MX$ 3.7m
Maurice Smith
Independent Director
5.3yrs
US$335.00k
0.0015% MX$ 10.1m
6.9yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: VTR *'s board of directors are considered experienced (6.9 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/05 10:44
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/29 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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