internal
Arie Kotler
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Executive
5 yr
9 reports
ARKO Corp. ·ARKO
CEO also serves as Chairman, with finance-heavy executive bench
Retailing · Fortune #488 · Holding structure · 12K employees · Richmond, Virginia
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7
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
3.2
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
2.4 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
60%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2022 · period end 2022-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$9.1B
Operating income
$102M
Net income
$23M
Total assets
$3.5B
Shares out
111M
Sourced from ARKO Corp. DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-20 ↗ View on SEC
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CEO also serves as Chairman, with finance-heavy executive bench. This page maps ARKO’s holding-company structure, executive team, recent leadership changes, and how its governance compares with retail fuel peers.
What to model
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Latest signal Steven Heyer departed as Director
Resigned from the Board effective December 12, 2025 due to health reasons.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO role to separate day-to-day operations from the CEO as the company scales post-IPO.
- Separate Chairman and CEO roles Appoint an independent Chair to reduce concentration of authority and strengthen governance.
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The people
Who's running this
7 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
Eyal Nuchamovitz
Executive Vice President
Operations
4 yr
3 reports
Galagher Jeff
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Finance
1 yr
0 reports
internal
Jordan Mann
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Capital Markets & Investor Relations
Strategy & IR
1 yr
0 reports
Open Role
Chief Information Officer
IT
1 yr
0 reports
Open Role
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
1 yr
0 reports
internal
Maury Bricks
General Counsel & Secretary
Legal
3 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Arie Kotler $5.5M
- Base salary
- $1.22M
- Bonus
- $3.00M
- Stock awards
- $1.27M
- Other
- $14K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How ARKO Corp. divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Retail Operations
8K employees
Executive Vice President (Eyal Nuchamovitz)
Operates over 1,100 convenience stores across more than 25 regional brands.
$4.4B rev FY2025
Wholesale Fuel
2K employees
Executive Vice President (Eyal Nuchamovitz)
Supplies fuel to dealer and bulk customers nationwide.
$2.8B rev FY2025
Fleet Fueling
500 employees
Executive Vice President (Eyal Nuchamovitz)
Operates cardlock and commercial fleet fueling solutions.
$484M rev FY2025
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
The most distinctive feature of ARKO’s structure is that its CEO also serves as Chairman, concentrating strategic and governance authority in a single role.
The executive team is relatively compact, with a strong emphasis on finance, capital markets, and transformation leadership, reflecting the company’s acquisition-driven growth model and recent APC IPO.
Operational leadership is centralized under a single EVP overseeing retail, wholesale, and fleet fueling, while corporate functions such as legal, IT, and HR report directly to the CEO. This reinforces tight control during a multi-year transformation plan that includes store conversions and wholesale expansion.
- Combined Chairman and CEO role
- Recent CFO turnover and stabilization in late 2025
- Centralized operations under one EVP
The comparison
How ARKO Corp. stacks up
Compared with other large U.S. convenience and fuel retailers, ARKO operates with a leaner C-suite and fewer layers. Peers often separate the Chairman and CEO roles and employ dedicated COOs. ARKO’s combined Chair-CEO model and finance-heavy bench are more typical of sponsor-influenced or roll-up organizations than …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
ARKO Corp.
3 levels
4 levels
Casey's General Stores
4 levels
Alimentation Couche-Tard
5 levels
7-Eleven (Seven & i)
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
ARKO Corp.
2 yr
5 yr
Casey's General Stores
6 yr
Alimentation Couche-Tard
7 yr
7-Eleven (Seven & i)
6 yr
Has COO / Has CAIO
ARKO Corp. — no COO — no CAIO
Casey's General Stores ✓ COO — no CAIO
Alimentation Couche-Tard ✓ COO — no CAIO
7-Eleven (Seven & i) ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most consequential recent change was the appointment of Galagher Jeff as CFO in December 2025, stabilizing ARKO’s finance leadership.
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-20
- CEO
- Arie Kotler
- CEO span
- 6
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 2.3 yr
Finance leadership stabilized after multiple CFO transitions.
Named executive officers (5)
- Arie Kotler - CEO since 2021
- Galagher Jeff - CFO since 2025
- Jordan Mann - SVP Strategy since 2025
- Maury Bricks - General Counsel since 2023
- Eyal Nuchamovitz - EVP since 2022
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-18
- CEO
- Arie Kotler
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 3.1 yr
CFO role in transition during transformation plan.
Named executive officers (4)
- Arie Kotler - CEO since 2021
- Robb Giammatteo - CFO since 2024
- Maury Bricks - General Counsel since 2023
- Eyal Nuchamovitz - EVP since 2022
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-15
- CEO
- Arie Kotler
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 3
- Avg tenure
- 4 yr
More compact executive team prior to accelerated acquisitions.
Named executive officers (3)
- Arie Kotler - CEO since 2021
- Donald Bassell - CFO since 2020
- Maury Bricks - General Counsel since 2023
Year-over-year changes
2025 saw the appointment of a new CFO and a slight expansion of the C-suite.
- CEO span: 5 → 6
- C-suite size: 4 → 5
- Avg tenure: 3.1 → 2.3 yr
- new Galagher Jeff - CFO (DEF 14A filed 2026-04-20)
The board
Board of directors
6 directors. 5 of 6 independent (83%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Arie Kotler
Chair Inside
President & CEO, ARKO Corp.
Sherman K. Edmiston III
Independent
Yona Fogel
Independent
Vice Chairman, Med-Red Land Bridge Ltd.
Avram Friedman
Independent
Andrew R. Heyer
Lead Indep. Independent
Laura Shapira Karet
Independent
The board, organized
Board committees
3 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent 14 mtgs/yr
- Andrew R. Heyer Chair
- Avram Friedman
- Laura Shapira Karet
Compensation Committee
100% independent
- Sherman K. Edmiston III
- Yona Fogel
Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
100% independent
- Sherman K. Edmiston III Chair
- Yona Fogel
- Laura Shapira Karet
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of ARKO Corp.?
Arie Kotler has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2021 and is also Chairman of the Board.
What type of organizational structure does ARKO Corp. use?
ARKO operates a holding-company structure with centralized corporate leadership overseeing retail, wholesale, and fleet fueling segments.
How many direct reports does ARKO Corp.'s CEO have?
The CEO has seven direct reports, spanning finance, operations, legal, strategy, IT, and HR.
How has ARKO Corp.'s leadership changed recently?
In December 2025, ARKO appointed Galagher Jeff as CFO and saw the resignation of a board director for health reasons.
Does ARKO Corp. have a COO?
No. ARKO does not have a separate COO role; operational leadership is consolidated under an Executive Vice President reporting to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Dec 2025
- SEC EDGAR: ARKO Corp. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: ARKO Corp. 10-K Annual Report
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