Green Plains (GPRE) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Chris Osowski, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $3.5M in 2025, up 168% from $1.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 31:1, on median employee pay of $117,499.

Filed
April 24, 2026
Annual meeting
June 5, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
8
CEO total pay
$3.5M+168% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
31:1median $117,499
CEO pay in equity
64%$2.2M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
88%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus
100%Percentage of annual base salary
Total Employees
628As of December 31, 2025

How Osowski was paid

$3.5M 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.

Salary14%Bonus2%Stock awards64%Non-equity incentive20%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Chris OsowskiPresident and Chief Executive Officer$3,497,755
Todd BeckerFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$2,256,572
Michelle MapesFormer Interim Principal Executive Officer$2,148,595
Phil BoggsFormer Chief Financial Officer$791,175
Trent CollinsSenior Vice President - Operations$973,989
Imre HavasiSenior Vice President - Head of Trading and Commercial Operations$1,209,749
James Herbert IIChief Human Resources Officer$1,500,396
Grant KadavyFormer Executive Vice President Commercial Operations$865,455

What changed and why

  • Chris Osowski was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in August 2025.
  • $3.5MChris Osowski received total compensation of $3,497,755 for fiscal 2025.
  • Todd Becker departed as President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2025.
  • 88%Shareholders approved the executive compensation program with approximately 88% support at the 2025 annual meeting.

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.