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Max Hollein

Director & CEO · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Director & CEO at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 2 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$1.8M
Others who share this name
2

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Director & CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, based in New York, NY.
Received $1.8M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Max Hollein is CEO and Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, appointed Director in April 2018 and elevated to Director and CEO in July 2023. The Austrian art historian previously served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (2016–2018) and simultaneously led three major Frankfurt museums (Schirn Kunsthalle, Städel Museum, and Liebieghaus).

He began his museum career at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

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Tenure here
April 2018–present at Metropolitan Museum of Art; July 2023–present as CEO and Director
Education
  • University of Vienna · Master of Art History
  • Vienna University of Economics · Master of Business Administration

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Organizations

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Director & CEO · $907.4M revenue · New York, NYTHE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART COLLECTS, STUDIES, CONSERVES, AND PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT WORKS OF ART ACROSS ALL TIMES AND CULTURES; SEE SCHEDULE O FOR…pay $1.2M → $1.8MFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.8Mreported comp

Disambiguation

Other people named Max Hollein

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Max Hollein 1 organization · New York, NYNeue Galerie New York
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Max Hollein 1 organization · New York, NYThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts INC

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SVP & Chief Investment Officer · FY2024
$1.6M
K
Senior Investment Officer · FY2024
$1.1M
C
SVP, Institutional Adv to 6/22 · FY2022
$1.0M
L
Senior Investment Officer · FY2024
$915K
J
COO, CFO and Treasurer · FY2024
$803K
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Dep Dir & Chf Advancement Off · FY2024
$602K
C
SVP, Institutional Advancement · FY2021
$567K
K
Chairman,Euro Painting to 7/21 · FY2021
$555K
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SVP,Secrtry&Gen.cnsl to 4/1/25 · FY2024
$522K
J
Investment Officer to 8/20 · FY2019
$509K
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VP & Gnl Mgr Retail to 10/19 · FY2019
$506K
D
President and CEO to 6/30/23 · FY2024
$492K

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