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February 12, 2026

10 Employees of Harvard Management Take Home $215 Million in Compensation

by Anne Paddock

10 highly compensated employees of Harvard Management Company (Harvard Management) in 2024,  who provide investment management services to Harvard, a private university with more than $60 billion in net assets, received $215 million in compensation from 2019-2025 (note:  highly compensated employees in any of the years 2019-2023 but not in 2024 are not included):

Nirmal P Narvekar:  Total Compensation 2019-2024: $42 million

  • 2024:  $ 6,228,717
  • 2023:  $ 9,668,266
  • 2022:  $10,477,815
  • 2021:  $ 1,064,621
  • 2020:  $ 6,313,830
  • 2019:  $ 8,559,213

Richard W Slocum:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $33 million

  • 2024:  $5,000,739
  • 2023:  $7,748,129
  • 2022:  $8,396,907
  • 2021:  $  866,001
  • 2020:  $5,065,210
  • 2019:  $6,185,695

Sanjeev Daga:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $32 million

  • 2024:  $4,995,699
  • 2023: $3,982,873
  • 2022: $5,585,550
  • 2021:  $7,157,486
  • 2020:  $9,854,522

Adam Goldstein:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $16 million

  • 2024:  $3,70,850
  • 2023: $6,002,388
  • 2022: $5,509,660

Carlos Saravia:  Total Compensation 2022-2024:  $17 million

  • 2024:  $3,454,087
  • 2023:  $6,679,566
  • 2022: $ 6,188,420

Elise McDonald:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $25 million

  • 2024:  $3,285,726
  • 2023:  $5,231,638
  • 2022: $7,682,267:
  • 2021:  $4,705,517
  • 2020:  $4,653,029

John Shue:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $24 million

  • 2024:  $3,260,071
  • 2023:  $5,144,252
  • 2022: $7,411,249
  • 2021:  $4,461,815
  • 2020:  $3,817,033

Marcus Loveland:  Total Compensation 2020-2024:  $8 million

  • 2024:  $3,040,461
  • 2023:  Not Listed
  • 2022:  $5,020,977
  • 2021:  Not Listed
  • 2020:  Not Listed

Kathryn I Murtagh:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $13 million

  • 2024:  $2,345,032
  • 2023: $2,298,343
  • 2022: $2,496,774
  • 2021:  $2,296,297
  • 2020:  $1,979,462
  • 2019:  $1,878,088

Claudine Gay:  Total Compensation 2019-2024:  $5 million

  • 2024:  $1,362,955
  • 2023:  $  951,373
  • 2022:  $  879,079
  • 2021:  $  824,068
  • 2020:  $  783,399
  • 2019:  $  487,562

 

The 10most highly compensated employees received $170 million from 2019-2023 (note:  highly compensated employees in 2019-2022 but not in 2023 are not included in the list above).

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