Moelis & Co (MC) company profile
Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $4.38BP/E –Yield –
About Moelis
Investment Advice, SIC 6282
Moelis & Company is an independent global investment bank providing financial and strategic advisory services. The firm advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, corporate restructurings, capital markets solutions, and private capital raising. It also assists boards of directors and special committees with shareholder advisory and strategic evaluations. The firm serves a broad client base that includes large public corporations, middle-market private businesses, financial sponsors, institutional investors, entrepreneurs, governments, and sovereign wealth funds across diverse industry sectors.
The firm maintains an international presence with over 20 locations across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Its workforce includes 1,416 employees, comprising 1,014 advisory professionals and 178 Managing Directors. The company also operates through strategic alliances with partner firms in Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. The provided text does not identify the location of its corporate headquarters.
Summary of the business section of Moelis's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Moelis & Co
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Address
- 399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor 10022
- Phone
- (212) 883-3800
- Website
- www.moelis.com
- Employees
- 1,416, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Investment Advice
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, NY
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- MC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Apr 17, 2014
- Shares outstanding
- 78M, Jul 15, 2026
- Public float
- $4.58B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1596967
- CUSIP
- 60786M105
- ISIN
- US60786M1053
- FIGI
- BBG000RNBH63
- Share class FIGI
- BBG001STYX58
- LEI
- 549300891QNU7VTQUR83
- EIN
- 46-4500216
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Moelis | Executive Chairman, Director | 14,789,026 |
| Eric Cantor | Vice Chairman, MD, Director | 251,173 |
| Navid Mahmoodzadegan | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 207,009 |
| Osamu R. Watanabe | General Counsel, Secretary | 131 |
| Christopher Callesano | Chief Financial Officer | 3,406 |
| Nick Riehl | Principal Accounting Officer | 61 |
| Ciafone Katherine Pilcher | Chief Operating Officer | 8,819 |
| Jeffrey Raich | Executive Vice Chairman, MD | 641,814 |
| Joseph Simon | Former Chief Financial Officer | 28,590 |
| Laila Worrell | Director | 1,768 |
| Louise Mirrer | Director | 1,768 |
| Thorold Barker | Director | 1,683 |
| Kenneth Shropshire | Director | 9,485 |
| John A. Allison | Director | 2,484 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Kenneth Moelis | $35.17M | $38.06M | $2.20M | $191 | $203 |
| FY2025 Navid Mahmoodzadegan | $42.85M | $49.37M | $2.20M | $191 | $203 |
| FY2024 | $7.62M | $18.73M | $5.04M | $205 | $177 |
| FY2023 | $7.88M | $22.11M | $5.86M | $150 | $135 |
| FY2022 | $19.22M | $7.53M | $6.85M | $97 | $121 |
| FY2021 | $14.36M | $24.39M | $9.71M | $149 | $135 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Moelis Executive Chairman | $400.00K | $250.00K | $34.51M | $12.48K | $35.17M | +361% |
| Navid Mahmoodzadegan CEO | $400.00K | $8.25M | $34.12M | $75.68K | $42.85M | +254% |
| Jeffrey Raich Executive Vice Chairman | $400.00K | $250.00K | $3.22M | $12.48K | $3.88M | +21% |
| Katherine Pilcher Ciafone COO | $400.00K | $1.55M | $811.47K | $22.75K | $2.78M | +24% |
| Christopher Callesano CFO | $400.00K | $727.00K | $120.69K | $10.50K | $1.26M | – |
| Joseph Simon Former CFO | $157.78K | – | $704.52K | – | $862.30K | -67% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
Offering
- Type
- Initial public offering
- Final prospectus filed
- Apr 17, 2014
- Securities offered
- 6,500,000
- Exchange
- NYSE
- First trading day
- Apr 16, 2014
- First-day close
- $26.15
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Oct 13, 2014
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“Today we serve our clients with 1,416 employees, including 1,014 advisory professionals and 178 Managing Directors as of February 4, 2026, based in over 20 locations around the world.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2015 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Apr 17, 2014 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
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