University of Pennsylvania president salary and executive pay
Penn paid its president, Dr J Larry Jameson, $8,043,343 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,607,323 (25.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $11,670,540,000, up 8.6% from $10,747,066,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Penn ranks 1st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Penn has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Penn or UPenn.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1352685, Philadelphia, PA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$8,043,343
- Total revenue
- $11,670,540,000
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 19%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202611349349308646.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 106th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 38 people were paid more than $500,000, 19 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dr J Larry Jameson President TRUSTEE & PRES.- AS OF 3/13/25 | $8,043,343 |
| Ammon PeterCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $7,146,396 |
| Magill M ElizabethFORMER PRESIDENT | $4,457,767 |
| Carnaroli CraigEXECUTIVE VP | $4,393,060 |
| Mahoney KevinCEO, UPHS | $3,329,164 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kasper Keith (EXEC. VP & CAO, UPHS), $3,000,310; Yoshor Daniel MD (NEUROSURGERY), $2,944,312; Adzick N Scott MD (CHOP - SURGERY), $2,813,930; Taylor Jesse MD (CHOP - PLASTIC SURGERY), $2,461,243; Marcotte Paul MD (NEUROSURGERY), $2,352,966; Welch William MD (NEUROSURGERY), $2,283,968; Epstein Jon MD (EXEC VP & DEAN MS-AS OF 3/1/25), $1,978,985; Driscoll Deborah A MD (SVP CPUP, VICE DEAN PSOM), $1,737,728; Volpe Michelle (SVP & CEO, UPHS), $1,494,474; Cunningham Regina (CEO HUP), $1,461,750; Husson James (VP DEV & ALUM REL- THRU 3/3/25), $1,388,861; Jackson John PhD (PROVOST), $1,252,850; White Wendy (SVP & GENERAL COUNSEL), $1,223,515; Asch David (SVP STRATEGIC INITIATIVES), $1,087,937; Narvekar Medha (VP & SECRETARY), $952,472; and 29 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ahmad Hyder (TRUSTEE), Alber Laura J (TRUSTEE), Bandeen Bonnie Miao (TRUSTEE- THRU 12/31/24), Barrett Michael L (TRUSTEE), Blitzer David S (TRUSTEE), Brady Allison W (TRUSTEE), Carey II William Polk (TRUSTEE), Dinan James G (TRUSTEE- COMMITTEE CHAIR), Duran Alberto Ivan (TRUSTEE), Ercil Alp (TRUSTEE- AS OF 1/1/25), Ertel David (TRUSTEE), Franklin Christopher H (TRUSTEE), Haidas Alex (TRUSTEE), Holman Wendy Commins (TRUSTEE), Howell Jr Lloyd W (TRUSTEE- THRU 12/31/24), Jerath Lynn J (TRUSTEE), Johnson Kevin (TRUSTEE), Karp Athena (TRUSTEE), Khadjenouri Massi (TRUSTEE), Martin Patricia MD (TRUSTEE), McMorris Marc F (TRUSTEE- COMMITTEE CHAIR), Mitchell Marshall Ph (TRUSTEE), Nemirovsky Ofer (TRUSTEE- THRU 12/31/24), O'Hern Lyons Catherine M (TRUSTEE), Pai Dhananjay M (TRUSTEE), and 22 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Dr J Larry Jameson President TRUSTEE & PRES.- AS OF 3/13/25 | $8,043,343 | $11,670,540,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Dr J Larry Jameson President PRES & TRUSTEE - AS OF 12/23 | $6,436,020 | $10,747,066,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Magill M Elizabeth President PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE | $1,015,977 | $9,925,251,000 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 Amended | Dr Amy Gutmann President PRES.,EX-OFF TRUSTEE-THRU 3/22 | $22,892,227 | $11,078,595,000 | 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 202611349349308646.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dr J Larry JamesonTRUSTEE & PRES.- AS OF 3/13/25 | $5,459,518 | $2,583,825 | $2,581,284 | $1,700,000 | $1,178,234 | $2,544,750 | $39,075 | $8,043,343 |
| Ammon PeterCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER | $5,122,459 | $2,023,937 | $1,219,480 | $3,902,529 | $450 | $2,008,670 | $15,267 | $7,146,396 |
| Magill M Elizabeth*FORMER PRESIDENT | $4,210,289 | $247,478 | $1,515,057 | $609,000 | $2,086,232 | $211,125 | $36,353 | $4,457,767 |
| Carnaroli CraigEXECUTIVE VP | $3,784,067 | $608,993 | $1,107,047 | $250,000 | $2,427,020 | $581,856 | $27,137 | $4,393,060 |
| Mahoney KevinCEO, UPHS | $2,954,787 | $374,377 | $1,880,100 | $1,029,800 | $44,887 | $352,800 | $21,577 | $3,329,164 |
These figures come from Penn'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 Penn compares
Ranked 1st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Next in this ranking: 2nd, Thomas Jefferson University, $7,010,762
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
New York University$2,954,989 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Johns Hopkins University$5,871,487 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Stanford University$1,564,885 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Yale University$890,194 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Harvard University$1,642,838 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Dr J Larry Jameson (TRUSTEE & PRES.- AS OF 3/13/25) was paid $8,043,343 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $5,459,518 from Penn and $2,583,825 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Dr J Larry Jameson, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $8,043,343.
Penn paid its president, Dr J Larry Jameson, $8,043,343 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,607,323 (25.0%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Dr Amy Gutmann, paid $22,892,227. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $22,892,227 (Dr Amy Gutmann); June 2023, $1,015,977 (Magill M Elizabeth); June 2024, $6,436,020 (Dr J Larry Jameson); June 2025, $8,043,343.
Penn's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $11,009,921,000 and total revenue of $11,670,540,000 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $660,619,000. Expenses were $9,999,922,000 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 10.1%. The president's pay of $8,043,343 equals 0.07% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns University of Pennsylvania filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.