---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000825313-26-000060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AB"
cik: "0000825313"
company_name: "ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T12:04:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:18:48.694694+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AllianceBernstein CEO Seth Bernstein to retire March 31, 2027; Onur Erzan named President & CEO

## Summary
- Seth Bernstein will retire as CEO effective March 31, 2027 after nearly a decade leading AB; he will continue to serve on the AB Board of Directors.
- Onur Erzan, 50, AB President since January 2026, becomes President and CEO on April 1, 2027 and joins the AB Board then; he spent 20 years at McKinsey.
- Erzan FY2027 total compensation target is $13.5 million: $650,000 base salary, $5.8M cash bonus, $3.45M ICAP award in AB Units, $2.35M Equitable Holdings equity.
- Bernstein's retirement agreement gives him a $2.5M AB Holding Unit appreciation grant, a $1.0M Equitable Holdings LTIP award in Q2 2027, and $325,000 (26 weeks) salary continuation.
- AB assets under management nearly doubled under Bernstein to more than $919 billion as of August 31, 2026; AB is a subsidiary of Equitable Holdings (NYSE: EQH).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000825313-26-000060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AB
- cik: 0000825313
- company_name: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING L.P.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T12:04:18+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531326000060/0000825313-26-000060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825313/000082531326000060/ab-20260925.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000825313-26-000060.txt

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