HTGC · Hercules Capital, Inc. · Executive Compensation

$16.28 +0.00 (+0.00%)

Market Cap

$3.05B

187.16M

Volume · Oct 21 48.65K Avg daily vol (3M) 1.43M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$3,950,000	$5,047,162	—	—	$23,000	$9,670,162
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$945,000	$1,722,397	—	—	$23,000	$3,240,397
Christian Follmann	Chief Operating Officer	$320,000	$475,000	$771,523	—	—	$23,000	$1,589,523
Kiersten Zaza Botelho	Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary	$320,000	$455,000	$646,528	—	—	$23,000	$1,444,528

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$3,500,000	$4,903,742	—	—	$23,000	$9,076,742
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$915,000	$1,749,697	—	—	$30,500	$3,245,197
Christian Follmann	Chief Operating Officer	$300,000	$470,000	$657,195	—	—	$23,000	$1,450,195
Kiersten Zaza Botelho	Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary	$300,000	$440,000	$547,192	—	—	$23,000	$1,310,192

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$3,200,000	$5,019,494	—	—	$22,500	$8,891,994
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$835,000	$1,625,903	—	—	$30,000	$3,040,903
Christian Follmann	Chief Operating Officer	$300,000	$425,000	$462,343	—	—	$22,500	$1,209,843
Kiersten Zaza Botelho	General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary	$300,000	$395,000	$366,067	—	—	$22,500	$1,083,567

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$3,000,000	$3,700,008	—	—	$20,500	$7,370,508
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$875,000	$1,274,998	—	—	$27,000	$2,726,998
Christian Follmann	Chief Operating Officer	$260,000	$350,000	$250,005	—	—	$20,500	$880,505
Kiersten Zaza Botelho	General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary	$300,000	$300,000	$99,993	—	—	$18,000	$717,993

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$2,350,000	$3,449,995	—	—	$19,500	$6,469,495
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$770,000	$1,088,502	—	—	$26,000	$2,434,502
Melanie Grace	Former General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	$268,963	—	$135,001	—	—	$61,215	$465,179

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$650,000	$2,100,000	$3,989,493	—	—	$19,500	$6,758,993
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$550,000	$700,000	$1,069,995	—	—	$26,000	$2,345,995
Melanie Grace	Former General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	$366,011	$135,000	$135,005	—	—	$117,585	$753,601

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Manuel A. Henriquez	Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	$510,625	—	$7,499,997	—	—	$7,101,768	$15,112,390
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$594,028	$1,915,000	$4,249,994	—	—	$825,179	$7,584,201
Seth Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$456,250	$625,000	$499,998	—	—	$66,162	$1,647,411
Seth H. Meyer	Chief Financial Officer	$456,250	$625,000	$499,998	—	—	$66,162	$1,647,410
Melanie Grace	Former General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	$365,567	$115,000	$184,197	—	—	$108,247	$773,011
David Lund	Former Interim Chief Financial Officer	$431,942	—	—	—	—	—	$431,942

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Manuel A. Henriquez	Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	$855,000	$1,900,000	$17,431,396	—	—	$1,216,102	$21,402,498
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$515,000	$825,000	$9,257,843	—	—	$460,090	$11,057,933
Melanie Grace	General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	$355,350	$125,000	$334,998	—	—	$85,770	$901,118
David Lund	Former Interim Chief Financial Officer	$578,500	—	—	—	—	—	$578,500

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Manuel A. Henriquez	Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	$827,249	$1,600,000	$5,000,002	—	—	$808,449	$8,235,700
Scott Bluestein	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer	$500,000	$750,000	$1,750,004	—	—	$175,872	$3,175,876
Melanie Grace	General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	$345,000	$145,000	$300,002	—	—	$57,061	$847,063
David Lund	Former Interim Chief Financial Officer	$49,854	—	—	—	—	—	$49,854

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Alfred B. Fichera	independent director	Appointed	2026-09-17	2026-09-17
Seth H. Meyer	President	Appointed	2026-05-18	2026-05-04
Andrew Olson	Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development	Appointed	2026-05-18	2026-05-04
Nikos Theodosopoulos	independent director	Appointed	2023-09-21	2023-09-25
Brad Koenig	member of the Board	Resigned	2023-01-27	2023-01-27

Leadership

Manuel A. Henriquez CEO
Scott Bluestein CEO
Andrew Olson CFO
David Lund CFO
Seth H. Meyer CFO
Christian Follmann COO
Kiersten Zaza Botelho General Counsel
Alfred B. Fichera Board Member
DeAnne Aguirre Board Member
Gayle Crowell Board Member
Nikos Theodosopoulos Board Member
Pam Randhawa Board Member
Thomas J. Fallon Board Member
Wade Loo Board Member

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