CEO Total Pay
$5.0M
FY2024 Summary Compensation, above median
FFWM FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A
First Foundation Inc. CEO pay ratio
The CEO earned $5.0M in FY2024 against median worker pay of $90,000 · Depository Institutions.
- State
- CA
- Filing date
- 2025-04-17
- Industry
- Depository Institutions
- Fiscal year
- FY2024
Data updated August 2026
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
55:1
Moderate (Scale: 0–1000:1)
CEO pay
$5.0M
Median worker
$90,000
Latest filing FY2024. This company's newest DEF 14A on file is for FY2024, not FY2025, so the figures on this page are from that earlier year and are not ranked against the FY2025 industry benchmark. Industry pages mark issuers like this one with a "Latest filing" label.
Answer first
First Foundation Inc. reported a 55:1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in FY2024 - above the Depository Institutions median of 43:1 across 136 filers.
Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all Depository Institutions companies.
- Pay ratio
- 55:1
- FY2024 disclosed
- CEO total
- $5.0M
- Summary Compensation Table total
- Median worker
- $90,000
- Dodd-Frank median employee
Ratio bands among Depository Institutions peers
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 124 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 60. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.
CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2024
A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in First Foundation Inc.'s structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →
Filing-year trail · First Foundation Inc.
Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2024. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).
- Latest ratio
- 55:1
- FY2024
- vs prior FY
- +41:1
- from FY2023 14:1
- CEO $ YoY
- +402%
- $5.0M latest
- Filings shown
- 3
- FY2021–2024
| FY | CEO pay | Δ pay | Median worker | Pay ratio | Δ ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $100K | - | $100,000 | 23:1 | - |
| 2023 | $987K | +887% | $72,000 | 14:1 | -9:1 |
| 2024 | $5.0M | +402% | $90,000 | 55:1 | +41:1 |
Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1413837, FY2021–2024. Adjacent-year deltas only.
Industry Comparison - Depository Institutions
This Company's Ratio
55:1
Industry Median Ratio
43:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$3.0M
This CEO's Pay
$5.0M
Companies in Industry
136
vs. Industry Median
Above
First Foundation Inc.: MODEST · MID$ pay ratio
First Foundation Inc. disclosed 55:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.0M CEO total in FY2024. the CEO earned 55× the median employee ($90,000) in FY2024.
Median employee $90,000 (HIGH-MED); MODEST · MID$ stamps put about 55 median-wage years per CEO year.
Pay Ratio
55:1
Near industry median
What FY2024 shows for First Foundation Inc.
First Foundation Inc. disclosed 55:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.0M CEO total in FY2024. The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. Depository Institutions (SIC 60) median ratio is 43:1 across 136 FY2025 filers; First Foundation Inc.'s $5.0M CEO total is above the $3.0M industry median CEO pay.
First Foundation Inc. stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED; grant-date fair value (not realized pay) is what the DEF 14A reports. Open Depository Institutions peers.
Key Data, FY2024
- Total Compensation
- $5.0M
- Median Employee Pay
- $90,000
- Pay Ratio
- 55:1
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-17
Company Info
- Ticker
- FFWM
- CIK
- 1413837
- Industry
- Depository Institutions
- SIC Code
- 6022
- State
- CA
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1413837, FY2024. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. First Foundation Inc. disclosed 55:1 CEO-to-worker pay and $5.0M CEO total in FY2024.
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ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Laureate Education, Inc. · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.0M (Δ $2K heavier vs First Foundation Inc.); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
United Community Banks Inc · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.9M (Δ $4K lighter vs First Foundation Inc.); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Vse Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $5.0M (Δ $5K heavier vs First Foundation Inc.); MID · PAR-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp · MID$
ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $4.9M (Δ $11K lighter vs First Foundation Inc.); MODEST · ELITE-MED vs this page's MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED.
Depository Institutions benchmark
First Foundation Inc. stamps MODEST · MID$ · HIGH-MED inside SIC 60 - open the industry median board after the ABS peers.
Pay-ratio rankings · MODEST
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Ratio primer · MODEST
First Foundation Inc.'s MODEST stamp sits in the lower Item 402(u) band - start with how the ratio is disclosed before comparing peers.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for First Foundation Inc. (CIK 1413837), FY2024. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.
Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.