KLA Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

KLA's CEO is Rick Wallace, appointed in Jan 2006, has a tenure of 18.33 years. total yearly compensation is $26.64M, comprised of 3.8% salary and 96.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.027% of the company’s shares, worth €26.23M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 9.8 years and 10.3 years respectively.

Key information

Rick Wallace

Chief executive officer

US$26.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.8%
CEO tenure18.3yrs
CEO ownership0.03%
Management average tenure9.8yrs
Board average tenure10.3yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Rick Wallace's remuneration changed compared to KLA's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$3b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

US$3b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$3b

Jun 30 2023US$27mUS$1m

US$3b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$4b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

US$4b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$3b

Jun 30 2022US$21mUS$997k

US$3b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$3b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

US$3b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$3b

Jun 30 2021US$14mUS$975k

US$2b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$2b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2020US$13mUS$967k

US$1b

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2019US$21mUS$900k

US$1b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2018n/an/a

US$1b

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$917m

Jun 30 2018US$12mUS$900k

US$802m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$710m

Dec 31 2017n/an/a

US$656m

Sep 30 2017n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2017US$15mUS$900k

US$926m

Compensation vs Market: Rick's total compensation ($USD26.64M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD4.98M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Rick's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Rick Wallace (63 yo)

18.3yrs

Tenure

US$26,644,359

Compensation

Mr. Richard P. Wallace, also known as Rick, serves as Director at Marvell Technology, Inc. since April 25, 2024. He serves as Independent Director of Splunk Inc. since October 12, 2022. He served as Indepe...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Richard Wallace
President18.3yrsUS$26.64m0.027%
$ 26.2m
Bren Higgins
Executive VP & CFO10.8yrsUS$11.28m0.0074%
$ 7.0m
Ahmad Khan
President of Semiconductor Process Control8.8yrsUS$11.57m0.0065%
$ 6.2m
Brian Lorig
Executive Vice President of Global Support & Services8.2yrsUS$5.38m0.0030%
$ 2.8m
Oreste Donzella
Executive Vice President of Electronics4.2yrsUS$5.90m0.0061%
$ 5.8m
Virendra Kirloskar
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer16.2yrsUS$1.31m0.00022%
$ 210.3k
Ben Tsai
CTO & Executive VP of Corporate Alliances30.3yrsUS$1.88mno data
Kevin Kessel
Vice President of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Mary Wilkinson
Executive VP3.7yrsUS$4.33mno data
Randi Polanich
Senior VP & Chief Communications Officerno datano datano data
John Van Camp
Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer5.3yrsno datano data
Bobby Bell
Executive VP & Chief Strategy Officer15.7yrsUS$5.53mno data

9.8yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KLA's management team is seasoned and experienced (9.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Richard Wallace
President18.3yrsUS$26.64m0.027%
$ 26.2m
Kenneth Levy
Founder & Chairman Emeritus17.6yrsUS$356.35kno data
Robert Calderoni
Independent Chairman17.2yrsUS$456.16k0.010%
$ 9.9m
Emiko Higashi
Independent Director13.5yrsUS$324.93k0.010%
$ 9.9m
Kevin J. Kennedy
Independent Director17yrsUS$334.93k0.0052%
$ 5.0m
Victor Peng
Independent Director5.3yrsUS$324.93k0.0035%
$ 3.4m
Robert Rango
Independent Director10.3yrsUS$327.43k0.010%
$ 10.0m
Gary Moore
Independent Director10.3yrsUS$350.55k0.011%
$ 10.1m
Michael McMullen
Directorless than a yearno data0.00010%
$ 95.6k
Marie Myers
Independent Director4.3yrsUS$355.55k0.0023%
$ 2.2m
Jeneanne Hanley
Independent Director4.9yrsUS$324.93k0.0023%
$ 2.2m

10.3yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KLA's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.3 years average tenure).


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