Element Solutions (ESI) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Benjamin H. Gliklich, CEO, was paid $26.5M in 2025, up 283% from $6.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 545:1, on median employee pay of $48,578.

Filed
March 23, 2026
Annual meeting
May 4, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$26.5M+283% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
545:1median $48,578
CEO pay in equity
89%$23.7M in awards
CEO Base Salary
$1,087,500Rate in effect as of April 1, 2025
CEO Stock Awards
$23,688,894Includes December 2025 share award
CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$1,520,947Annual Bonus Plan award earned
Median Employee Pay
$48,578Identified as of December 31, 2025
CEO Pay Ratio
545:1Ratio to median employee total compensation

How Gliklich was paid

$26.5M 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.

Salary4%Stock awards89%Non-equity incentive6%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Benjamin H. GliklichCEO$26,480,462
Carey J. DormanCFO$9,022,988
Richard L. FrickePresident, Electronics$1,706,242
Matthew LiebowitzPresident, Specialties$6,073,855
John E. CappsFormer GC/ Of Counsel$4,106,098

What changed and why

  • $26.5MCEO total compensation increased to $26,480,462 in 2025 due to a special share award.
  • $23.7MStock awards for the CEO totaled $23,688,894 including a December 2025 share award with lock-up provisions.
  • Performance-based restricted stock units utilized constant currency adjusted EBITDA CAGR and adjusted EPS targets.
  • Annual bonus plan incentives rewarded executives following a record year for operational execution.

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.