Risant Health (Geisinger) CEO salary and executive pay
Risant Health paid its CEO, Jaewon Ryu, $14,295,895 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Total revenue on that return was $6,730,942,360. Risant Health ranks 7th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. $3,050,634 of Jaewon Ryu's pay came from related organizations (column E). Risant Health has 2 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2023 to 2024. Also known as Geisinger or Risant Health.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 92-3467590, Oakland, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$14,295,895
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Gregory Adams (Chairman & CEO), $12,976,050.
- Total revenue
- $6,730,942,360
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 71%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523219349309187.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 54th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.21% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Geisinger is part of Risant Health, whose return reports the chief executive's pay. Geisinger's hospitals and clinic file their own returns. Kaiser Permanente's chairman and CEO is also listed on Risant's return, with pay from related organizations.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jaewon Ryu CEO Chief Executive Officer | $14,295,895 |
| Gregory AdamsChairman & CEO | $12,976,050 |
| Vanessa BenavidesEVP,Chief Legal Officer & Secy | $2,623,191 |
| Thomas MeierSVP, Corporate Treasurer | $1,640,974 |
| Bryce BachChief Financial Officer | $979,169 |
Also paid on the latest return: Christina Lockwood (Assistant Secretary), $697,966; Judith A Johansen JD (Director), $355,485; Jeffrey E Epstein (Director), $343,632; A Eugene Washington MD (Director), $330,986; Hong-Sze Yu (VP, Brd & Corp Gov & Asst Secy), $315,232; Margaret E Porfido JD (Director), $60,444; Heather M Acker (Director), $40,500; John C Bravman PhD (Director), $34,500.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523219349309187.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jaewon RyuChief Executive Officer | $5,377,838 | $3,050,634 | $5,867,423 | $1,280,435 | $3,931,000 | $166,403 | $4,259,190 | $318 | $9,637,346 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,541,883 | $0 | $1,508,751 | $1,589,506 | $18,409 | $4,658,549 | |||
| Gregory Adams*Chairman & CEO | $0 | $12,789,811 | $186,239 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,195,616 | $9,348,865 | $1,245,330 | $152,508 | $33,731 | $12,976,050 | |||
| Vanessa Benavides*EVP,Chief Legal Officer & Secy | $0 | $2,137,057 | $486,134 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $741,798 | $1,068,967 | $326,292 | $463,381 | $22,753 | $2,623,191 | |||
| Thomas Meier*SVP, Corporate Treasurer | $0 | $1,502,528 | $138,446 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $607,868 | $766,177 | $128,483 | $112,281 | $26,165 | $1,640,974 | |||
| Bryce BachChief Financial Officer | $561,428 | $0 | $417,741 | $217,501 | $300,000 | $43,927 | $417,656 | $85 | $979,169 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Risant Health'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 Risant Health compares
Ranked 7th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 6th, CHRISTUS Health, $14,656,684
- Next in this ranking: 8th, CommonSpirit Health, $14,175,319
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Novant Health$8,150,937 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Inova Health System$6,579,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Orlando Health$9,439,845 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Duke University Health System$2,338,899 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Stanford Health Care$5,385,633 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Jaewon Ryu (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $14,295,895 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $5,377,838 from Risant Health, $3,050,634 from related organizations and $5,867,423 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Jaewon Ryu, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $14,295,895.
Geisinger is part of Risant Health, whose return reports the chief executive's pay. Geisinger's hospitals and clinic file their own returns. Kaiser Permanente's chairman and CEO is also listed on Risant's return, with pay from related organizations.
By fiscal year end: December 2023, $12,721,446 (Gregory Adams); December 2024, $14,295,895 (Jaewon Ryu).
Risant Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $151,402,757 and total revenue of $6,730,942,360 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $6,579,539,603. The CEO's pay of $14,295,895 equals 9.44% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 2 Form 990 returns Risant Health (Geisinger) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2023 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.