Nucor's CEO is Leon Topalian, appointed in Jan 2020, has a tenure of 6.42 years. total yearly compensation is $14.95M, comprised of 10.4% salary and 89.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.061% of the company’s shares, worth €31.17M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 6.6 years respectively.
Key information
Leon Topalian
Chief executive officer
US$14.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
10.44%
CEO tenure
6.4yrs
CEO ownership
0.06%
Management average tenure
3.3yrs
Board average tenure
6.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Leon Topalian's remuneration changed compared to Nucor's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Apr 04 2026
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2025
US$15m
US$2m
US$2b
Oct 04 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jul 05 2025
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Apr 05 2025
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2024
US$19m
US$2m
US$2b
Sep 28 2024
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 29 2024
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Mar 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Dec 31 2023
US$23m
US$2m
US$5b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Jul 01 2023
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Apr 01 2023
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Dec 31 2022
US$23m
US$1m
US$8b
Oct 01 2022
n/a
n/a
US$9b
Jul 02 2022
n/a
n/a
US$9b
Apr 02 2022
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Dec 31 2021
US$12m
US$1m
US$7b
Oct 02 2021
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Jul 03 2021
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Apr 03 2021
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2020
US$11m
US$1m
US$717m
Oct 03 2020
n/a
n/a
US$428m
Jul 04 2020
n/a
n/a
US$508m
Apr 04 2020
n/a
n/a
US$784m
Dec 31 2019
US$5m
US$532k
US$1b
Compensation vs Market: Leon's total compensation ($USD14.95M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.91M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Leon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Leon Topalian (58 yo)
6.4yrs
Tenure
US$14,945,471
Compensation
Mr. Leon J. Topalian serves as Independent Director at PPG Industries, Inc. From July 16, 2025. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors at American Iron & Steel Institute since May 2021. Mr. Topalia...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Leon Topalian
Chairman of the Board & CEO
6.4yrs
US$14.95m
0.061% € 31.2m
Stephen Laxton
President & COO
less than a year
US$6.00m
0.037% € 18.8m
K. Query
Executive Vice President of Strategy
5.4yrs
US$4.89m
0.028% € 14.4m
Daniel Needham
Executive Vice President of Commercial
5.3yrs
US$5.06m
0.038% € 19.2m
John Sullivan
Executive VP
less than a year
no data
0.0013% € 681.8k
Chris Jacobi
Director of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Douglas Wilner
President of Corporate Legal Affairs & General Counsel
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Elizabeth Bledsoe
President of Human Resources & Talent
1.1yrs
no data
no data
D. Utermark
Executive Vice President of New Markets & Innovation
12.4yrs
US$7.12m
0.098% € 50.1m
Gregory Murphy
Executive VP & Advisor
1.3yrs
no data
0.042% € 21.4m
Allen Behr
Executive Vice President of Raw Materials
6.1yrs
US$6.80m
0.026% € 13.2m
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1NUE's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Leon Topalian
Chairman of the Board & CEO
6.4yrs
US$14.95m
0.061% € 31.2m
Christopher Kearney
Lead Independent Director
17.7yrs
US$370.00k
0.0026% € 1.3m
Laurette Koellner
Independent Director
10.8yrs
US$335.00k
0.00068% € 346.0k
Patrick Dempsey
Independent Director
9.5yrs
US$330.00k
0% € 0
Michael Lamach
Independent Director
3.8yrs
US$310.00k
0.000050% € 25.4k
Nicholas Gangestad
Independent Director
2.8yrs
US$310.00k
0.00044% € 223.9k
Nadja West
Independent Director
6.8yrs
US$310.00k
0% € 0
Norma Clayton
Independent Director
4.8yrs
US$310.00k
0.0026% € 1.3m
6.6yrs
Average Tenure
63.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1NUE's board of directors are considered experienced (6.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/16 05:15
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/16 00:00
Earnings
2026/04/04
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Nucor Corporation is covered by 37 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.