MKS' CEO is John T. Lee, appointed in May 2018, has a tenure of 8.08 years. total yearly compensation is $12.96M, comprised of 8% salary and 92% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.21% of the company’s shares, worth €40.28M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 6.4 years respectively.
Key information
John T. Lee
Chief executive officer
US$13.0m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
8.01%
CEO tenure
8.1yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
3.3yrs
Board average tenure
6.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has John T. Lee's remuneration changed compared to MKS's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$327m
Dec 31 2025
US$13m
US$1m
US$295m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$279m
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$267m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$227m
Dec 31 2024
US$9m
US$970k
US$190m
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$30m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$8m
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Dec 31 2023
US$8m
US$950k
-US$2b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
-US$2b
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$148m
Dec 31 2022
US$8m
US$945k
US$333m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$429m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$555m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$572m
Dec 31 2021
US$8m
US$909k
US$551m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$517m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$476m
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$403m
Dec 31 2020
US$6m
US$850k
US$350m
Sep 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$277m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
US$233m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
US$197m
Dec 31 2019
US$3m
US$565k
US$140m
Compensation vs Market: John T.'s total compensation ($USD12.96M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.94M).
Compensation vs Earnings: John T.'s compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
John T. Lee (63 yo)
8.1yrs
Tenure
US$12,961,940
Compensation
Dr. John T. C. Lee, Ph D., serves as an Independent Director of Cognex Corporation since May 04, 2022. He has been the President of MKS Inc. (Formerly known as MKS Instruments, Inc.) since May 2018 and its...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
John T. Lee
President
8.1yrs
US$12.96m
0.21% € 40.3m
Ramakumar Mayampurath
Executive VP & CFO
1.7yrs
US$3.29m
0% € 0
James Schreiner
Executive VP & COO
1.4yrs
US$2.87m
0.035% € 6.5m
Kathleen Burke
Special Advisor
9.1yrs
US$2.79m
0.073% € 13.8m
David Henry
EVP, Global Strategic Marketing & GM of Materials Solutions Division
6.4yrs
US$2.37m
0.024% € 4.5m
Michelle McCarthy
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
2.3yrs
no data
0.0036% € 678.8k
Madhuri Andrews
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer
3.4yrs
no data
no data
Paretosh Misra
Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Sally Bouley
Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
3.2yrs
no data
no data
Eric Taranto
Executive VP & GM of Vacuum Solutions Division
5.6yrs
no data
0.019% € 3.5m
John Williams
EVP & GM of Photonics Solutions Division
2.1yrs
no data
0.0067% € 1.3m
Christiane Tiec
Head of R&D of Business Unit STT/PTH
no data
no data
no data
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1MKSI's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
John T. Lee
President
6.4yrs
US$12.96m
0.21% € 40.3m
John Bertucci
Chairman Emeritus
6.1yrs
US$99.69k
no data
Gerald Colella
Chairman of the Board
12.4yrs
US$443.08k
0.071% € 13.4m
Peter Cannone
Independent Director
5.1yrs
US$324.46k
0.010% € 2.0m
Joseph Donahue
Independent Director
6.1yrs
US$329.24k
0.017% € 3.2m
Elizabeth Mora
Independent Director
14.1yrs
US$343.96k
0.028% € 5.2m
Rajeev Batra
Independent Director
7.7yrs
US$336.46k
0.023% € 4.3m
Jacqueline Moloney
Independent Lead Director
10yrs
US$363.96k
0.012% € 2.2m
Wissam Jabre
Independent Director
1.6yrs
US$324.46k
0.0066% € 1.2m
6.4yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1MKSI's board of directors are considered experienced (6.4 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/01 19:20
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/01 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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