Brunswick (BC) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

David M. Foulkes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $13M in 2025, up 18% from $11M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 243:1, on median employee pay of $53,675.

Filed
March 19, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$13M+18% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
243:1median $53,675
CEO pay in equity
75%$9.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
97%of votes cast
CEO Total Compensation
$13,020,607Reported in summary compensation table
Pay Ratio
243:1Ratio to median employee
Median Employee Pay
$53,675Annual total compensation
Say-on-Pay Support
97%Prior annual meeting approval

How Foulkes was paid

$13M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary10%Stock awards75%Non-equity incentive14%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
David M. FoulkesChairman and Chief Executive Officer$13,020,607
Ryan M. GwillimExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Strategy Officer$3,911,484
John G. BuelowExecutive Vice President and President, Mercury Marine$2,519,134
Aine L. DenariExecutive Vice President and President, Navico Group, and Brunswick Chief Technology Officer$2,506,246
Brenna D. PreisserExecutive Vice President and President, Brunswick Boat Group$2,445,764

What changed and why

  • $13MDavid M. Foulkes received total compensation of $13,020,607 in 2025 compared to $10,991,417 in 2024.
  • 97%Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the say-on-pay proposal with 97 percent support at the 2025 annual meeting.
  • $5.4BNet sales increased by 2 percent to $5.4 billion alongside free cash flow of $442 million.
  • 90%At-risk compensation constituted approximately 90 percent of the CEO total compensation package.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.