Emory University president salary and executive pay
Emory University paid its president, GREGORY FENVES, $3,024,831 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $598,890 (24.7%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Emory University ranks 16th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay. Emory University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-0566256, Atlanta, GA.
President, fiscal year ending August 2025
$3,024,831
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending August 2025
$5,344,555Ravi Thadhani MD MPHSee Schedule J, Part III
- Total revenue
- $7,861,969,527
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 11%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611959349300411.View the filing
Peers: the 94 other universities on this site. Ranked 84th of 95 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 45 people were paid more than $500,000, 26 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ravi Thadhani MD MPHSee Schedule J, Part III | $5,344,555 |
| Joon S Lee MDSee Schedule J, Part III | $4,991,476 |
| SRINIVAS PULAVARTIVP, Chief Investment Officer | $4,284,690 |
| CHRISTOPHER AUGOSTINISee Schedule J, Part III | $4,272,021 |
| GREGORY FENVES President President | $3,024,831 |
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | GREGORY FENVES President President | $3,024,831 | $7,861,969,527 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | GREGORY FENVES President President | $2,425,941 | $7,310,968,615 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | GREGORY FENVES President President | $2,245,851 | $6,307,404,920 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | GREGORY FENVES President President | $2,217,287 | $6,366,155,640 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202611959349300411.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ravi Thadhani MD MPHSee Schedule J, Part III | $3,732,635 | $1,527,448 | $84,472 | $2,805,167 | $660,000 | $267,468 | $45,140 | $11,010 | $3,788,785 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $1,527,448 | $0 | $0 | $28,322 | $1,555,770 | |||
| Joon S Lee MDSee Schedule J, Part III | $0 | $4,929,210 | $62,266 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,700 | $0 | $20,700 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,294,852 | $2,498,173 | $136,185 | $0 | $41,566 | $4,970,776 | |||
| SRINIVAS PULAVARTIVP, Chief Investment Officer | $4,230,635 | $0 | $54,055 | $1,152,379 | $3,003,000 | $75,256 | $31,050 | $23,005 | $4,284,690 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| CHRISTOPHER AUGOSTINISee Schedule J, Part III | $3,123,175 | $756,667 | $392,179 | $1,474,735 | $300,000 | $1,348,440 | $361,050 | $10,265 | $3,494,490 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $751,667 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $20,864 | $777,531 | |||
| GREGORY FENVESPresident | $2,344,632 | $0 | $680,199 | $1,760,843 | $408,015 | $175,774 | $572,800 | $107,399 | $3,024,831 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Emory University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Emory University compares
Ranked 16th of 100 universities by president's pay.
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Columbia University$1,826,091 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Cornell University$1,405,700 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harvard University$1,642,838 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Yale University$890,194 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Miami$6,737,344 (CEO), fiscal year ending May 2025
Common questions
GREGORY FENVES (President) was paid $3,024,831 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $2,344,632 from Emory University and $680,199 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Emory University ranks 16th of 100 universities on this site by president's pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Ravi Thadhani MD MPH (See Schedule J, Part III), at $5,344,555. That is $2,319,724 more than the president, GREGORY FENVES. Next was Joon S Lee MD (See Schedule J, Part III), at $4,991,476. On the latest return, 45 people were paid more than $500,000, 26 of them more than $1 million.
Emory University paid its president, GREGORY FENVES, $3,024,831 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $598,890 (24.7%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the president was GREGORY FENVES, paid $2,217,287. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $2,217,287 (GREGORY FENVES); August 2023, $2,245,851; August 2024, $2,425,941; August 2025, $3,024,831.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Emory University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.