Vuzix (VUZI) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.4M in 2025, up 40% from $1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 12:1, on median employee pay of $121,989.

Filed
April 28, 2026
Annual meeting
June 16, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$1.4M+40% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
12:1median $121,989
CEO pay in equity
63%$919,416 in awards
CEO Salary
$471,064Excludes deferred amount
CEO Stock Awards
$919,416Replacement RSUs and PSUs
Median Employee Pay
$121,989US employees only
CEO Pay Ratio
11.9:1Based on 2025 compensation

How Travers was paid

$1.4M 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.

Salary32%Bonus2%Stock awards63%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Paul TraversPresident and Chief Executive Officer$1,449,855
Grant RussellChief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President$858,244
Peter JamesonChief Operating Officer (former)$131,459
Chris ParkinsonPresident Enterprise Solutions$2,581,869

What changed and why

  • $1.4MCEO total compensation increased to $1,449,855 in 2025 from $1,036,428 in 2024.
  • $288KMr. Travers reduced his cash salary by $287,500 under a one-year salary deferral program ending April 30, 2025.
  • Restricted stock units and performance stock units were granted as replacement for surrendered stock options under a cancelled LTIP.
  • The ratio of CEO to median employee total compensation was 11.9 to 1.

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.