LKQ (LKQ) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Justin Jude, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $8.8M in 2025, up 95% from $4.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 182:1, on median employee pay of $48,190.

Filed
March 24, 2026
Annual meeting
May 6, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$8.8M+95% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
182:1median $48,190
CEO pay in equity
74%$6.5M in awards
CEO Stock Awards
$6,500,025Grant date fair value for 2025
CEO Annual Bonus
$1,200,000Earned for 2025 annual performance
Median Employee Pay
$48,190Annual total compensation for 2025
CEO Pay Ratio
182:1Ratio to median employee

How Jude was paid

$8.8M 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.

Salary11%Stock awards74%Non-equity incentive14%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Justin JudePresident and Chief Executive Officer$8,767,864
Rick GallowaySenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,290,154
Andy HamiltonSenior Vice President & President and Managing Director of LKQ Europe$2,820,455
Matt McKaySenior Vice President - General Counsel & Corporate Secretary$2,717,196
John MeyneSenior Vice President & President of North America$2,466,849

What changed and why

  • $8.8MJustin Jude received total compensation of $8,767,864 in fiscal 2025, up from $4,501,186 in 2024.
  • $6.5MStock awards for the CEO totaled $6,500,025 in the latest fiscal year.
  • The ratio of the CEO annual total compensation to the median employee pay was 182 to 1.
  • $0Cash-Based LTI earned for the 2023-2025 performance period was $0 for all named executive officers.

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.