Royal Gold's CEO is Bill Heissenbuttel, appointed in Jan 2020, has a tenure of 6.33 years. total yearly compensation is $5.23M, comprised of 17.6% salary and 82.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.15% of the company’s shares, worth €23.82M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.3 years and 9.3 years respectively.
Key information
Bill Heissenbuttel
Chief executive officer
US$5.2m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
17.55%
CEO tenure
6.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.1%
Management average tenure
5.3yrs
Board average tenure
9.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Bill Heissenbuttel's remuneration changed compared to Royal Gold's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$634m
Dec 31 2025
US$5m
US$918k
US$466m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$480m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$449m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$398m
Dec 31 2024
US$4m
US$896k
US$332m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$287m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$240m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$223m
Dec 31 2023
US$4m
US$865k
US$239m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$233m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$229m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$237m
Dec 31 2022
US$3m
US$777k
US$239m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$251m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$275m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$286m
Dec 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$274m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$266m
Jun 30 2021
US$3m
US$670k
US$303m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$270m
Dec 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$254m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$236m
Jun 30 2020
US$2m
US$583k
US$199m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$177m
Dec 31 2019
n/a
n/a
US$167m
Sep 30 2019
n/a
n/a
US$149m
Jun 30 2019
US$2m
US$502k
US$94m
Compensation vs Market: Bill's total compensation ($USD5.23M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.93M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Bill's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Bill Heissenbuttel (60 yo)
6.3yrs
Tenure
US$5,230,084
Compensation
Mr. William H. Heissenbuttel, also known as Bill, has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Royal Gold, Inc. since January 02, 2020. Mr. Heissenbuttel was the Chief Financial Officer and...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
William Heissenbuttel
President
6.3yrs
US$5.23m
0.15% € 23.8m
Paul Libner
Senior VP & CFO
6.3yrs
US$2.26m
0.019% € 3.0m
Martin Raffield
Senior Vice President of Operations
4.3yrs
US$2.18m
0.013% € 2.1m
Randy Shefman
Senior VP & General Counsel
6.3yrs
US$2.18m
0.011% € 1.7m
Daniel Breeze
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development - RGLD Gold AG
2.2yrs
US$2.48m
0.017% € 2.7m
Alistair Baker
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Business Development of Royal Gold Corp.
Senior Vice President of Strategy & Business Development of Royal Gold Corp
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5.3yrs
Average Tenure
51yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1RGLD's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
William Heissenbuttel
President
6.3yrs
US$5.23m
0.15% € 23.8m
Jamie Sokalsky
Independent Director
10.8yrs
US$273.47k
0.013% € 2.1m
Sybil Veenman
Independent Director
9.3yrs
US$274.97k
0.0018% € 286.7k
William Hayes
Independent Chairman of the Board
18.3yrs
US$364.97k
0.0079% € 1.3m
Ronald Vance
Independent Director
13.1yrs
US$248.47k
0.0099% € 1.6m
Mark Isto
Non-Independent Director
1yr
US$56.19k
0.024% € 3.8m
Fabiana Chubbs
Independent Director
5.5yrs
US$254.47k
0.00033% € 53.5k
9.3yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1RGLD's board of directors are considered experienced (9.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/29 21:32
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/29 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Royal Gold, Inc. is covered by 27 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.