Century Aluminum (CENX) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Jesse Gary, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $7.2M in 2025, down 13% from $8.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 81:1, on median employee pay of $88,990.

Filed
April 24, 2026
Annual meeting
June 15, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$7.2M-13% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
81:1median $88,990
CEO pay in equity
53%$3.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
89%of votes cast
CEO Target Compensation
$6.5MTotal target value
CEO At-Risk Pay
85%Variable or at-risk
Annual Incentive Payout
113.4%Of target level
PSU Vesting Payout
200%2023-2025 performance period

How Gary was paid

$7.2M 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.

Salary14%Stock awards53%Non-equity incentive23%Pension and deferred comp7%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jesse GaryPresident and Chief Executive Officer$7,166,252
Peter TrpkovskiExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,563,996
Gunnar GudlaugssonExecutive Vice President, Global Operations$3,090,610
John DeZeeExecutive Vice President and General Counsel$1,524,973
Robert HoffmanSenior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Accounting Officer$1,031,919
Gerald BialekFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$1,274,037

What changed and why

  • 85%Approximately 85 percent of the target value of the CEO compensation was variable and at risk in 2025.
  • 113.4%Annual incentive plan payouts achieved 113.4 percent of target under financial, operational, and safety metrics.
  • 200%Prior 2023-2025 performance share units vested at 200 percent of target due to superior relative TSR performance.
  • 2.5BCentury achieved 2.5 billion dollars of net sales and 425 million dollars in adjusted EBITDA in 2025.
  • Total compensation for the CEO decreased from 8,207,393 dollars in 2024 to 7,166,252 dollars in 2025.

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.