The Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO salary and executive pay
The Met paid its CEO, Max Hollein, $1,871,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $206,994 (12.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $907,368,037, up 30.1% from $697,601,819 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. The Met ranks 15th of 45 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. The Met has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as The Met.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-1624086, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,871,720
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,180,303Lauren A MeserveSVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Total revenue
- $907,368,037
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 68%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202600449349301510.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 105th of 331 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.
The Met's highest-paid person is its chief investment officer, not the Director and CEO; both are shown.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 7 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Lauren A MeserveSVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $2,180,303 |
| Max Hollein CEO Director & CEO | $1,871,720 |
| Lawrence ChoiSENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,234,408 |
| Kenly VoghtSENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,155,728 |
| Jameson KelleherCOO, CFO AND TREASURER | $864,634 |
Also paid on the latest return: Whitney Donhauser (DEP DIR & CHF ADVANCEMENT OFF), $669,475; Sharon H Cott (SVP,SECRTRY&GEN.CNSL to 4/1/25), $598,675; Quincy Houghton (DEP DIR FOR EXH & INT'L INITIA), $495,793; Daniel H Weiss (PRESIDENT AND CEO TO 6/30/23), $492,000; Stephen Martin Mannello (Head of Retail & Global Licens), $490,768; Kenneth Weine (SVP & CHF COMM OFF TO 12/31/23), $474,456; Andrea Bayer (DEPUTY DIR, COLLECTIONS/ADMIN), $457,297; David Breslin (Curator in Charge), $455,712; Kerry Mullins (CHIEF HR OFFICER), $442,120; Jhaelen Hernandez Eli (VP, CAPITAL PROJECTS To 1/3/25), $440,645; Inka Drogemuller (DEP DIR FOR AUDIENCE ENGAGEMEN), $439,035; Steven R Ryan (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER), $432,699; Rishi Agnani (Deputy Chief Human Resources), $417,259; H Sujin Kim (DEP GEN CNSL & ASST SECRECTARY), $366,108.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Candace K Beinecke (Elective Trustee & Co-Chair), Hamilton E James (Elective Trustee & Co-Chair), Richard L Chilton Jr (Elective Trustee & Vice Chair), Debra Black (Elective Trustee), Samantha Boardman (Elective Trustee), James Breyer (Elective Trustee), Daniel Brodsky From 7124 (Elective Trustee), Ursula Burns (Elective Trustee), Gerrard P Bushell (Elective Trustee), Jordan Casteel (Elective Trustee), Wellington Z Chen (Elective Trustee), N Anthony Coles (Elective Trustee), Stephen M Cutler (Elective Trustee), Robert Denning (Elective Trustee), Blair Effron (Elective Trustee), Mark Fisch (Elective Trustee), Marina Kellen French (Elective Trustee), Amy Griffin (Elective Trustee), Kenneth Hao (Elective Trustee From 5/20/25), Jeff Himmelman (Elective Trustee), Yan Huo (Elective Trustee), Michael ByungJu Kim (Elective Trustee), Julia Koch (Elective Trustee), Sacha Lainovic (Elective Trustee), Aerin Lauder (Elective Trustee), and 32 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Max Hollein CEO Director & CEO | $1,871,720 | $907,368,037 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Max Hollein CEO Director & CEO from 7/1/23 | $1,664,726 | $697,601,819 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Daniel H Weiss CEO President, CEO To 6/23 | $1,471,868 | $761,527,826 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Daniel H Weiss CEO President, CEO, Ex-Off. Truste | $1,430,280 | $653,501,924 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202600449349301510.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Lauren A MeserveSVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,646,429 | $533,874 | $735,037 | $908,770 | $2,622 | $521,543 | $12,331 | $2,180,303 |
| Max HolleinDirector & CEO | $1,804,586 | $67,134 | $1,405,484 | $0 | $399,102 | $37,950 | $29,184 | $1,871,720 |
| Lawrence ChoiSENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER | $915,208 | $319,200 | $496,476 | $417,706 | $1,026 | $289,903 | $29,297 | $1,234,408 |
| Kenly VoghtSENIOR INVESTMENT OFFICER | $1,089,097 | $66,631 | $488,216 | $600,000 | $881 | $37,950 | $28,681 | $1,155,728 |
| Jameson KelleherCOO, CFO AND TREASURER | $803,416 | $61,218 | $701,706 | $0 | $101,710 | $48,005 | $13,213 | $864,634 |
These figures come from The Met'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 The Met compares
Ranked 15th of 45 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 14th, American Cancer Society, $2,242,645
- Next in this ranking: 16th, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, $1,713,883
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Blue Meridian Partners$1,549,315 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Kamehameha Schools$1,721,931 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Draper Laboratory$2,106,272 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association$8,414,231 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Southeastern Conference$4,828,580 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Max Hollein (Director & CEO) was paid $1,871,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,804,586 from The Met and $67,134 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Lauren A Meserve (SVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), at $2,180,303. That is $308,583 more than the CEO, Max Hollein.
The Met paid its CEO, Max Hollein, $1,871,720 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $206,994 (12.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Daniel H Weiss, paid $1,430,280. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,430,280 (Daniel H Weiss); June 2023, $1,471,868; June 2024, $1,664,726 (Max Hollein); June 2025, $1,871,720.
The Met's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $502,035,162 and total revenue of $907,368,037 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $405,332,875. Expenses were $477,944,815 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 5.0%. The CEO's pay of $1,871,720 equals 0.37% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns The Metropolitan Museum of Art filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on February 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.