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Zimmer Biomet (ZMH): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$16,106,550CEO Ivan Tornos · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $16,106,550FY2025

CEO total pay was $16,106,550 in fiscal 2025; the brief holds no earlier figure for this CEO.

FY2025: salary $1,281,846 · bonus $0 · stock awards $12,000,101 · option awards $0

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Ivan Tornos (Chairman, President and CEO) was the highest-paid executive at Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $16,106,550.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Ivan Tornos$1,281,846$0$12,000,101$0$2,420,767$0$403,836$16,106,550
Chairman, President and CEO
Jehanzeb Noor683,0001,115,5095,100,2120730,913217,16527,4097,874,209
SVP, Chief Strategy, Business Development
Suketu Upadhyay906,78004,000,10401,141,6360163,2846,211,805
CFO and EVP - Finance, Operations and Supply Chain
Kevin Thornal405,38505,300,0850505,275006,210,746
Group President, Global
Wilfred van Zuilen743,14902,000,0520730,333553,503112,3724,139,409
Group President, EMEA

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Ivan Tornos$16,106,550———
Jehanzeb Noor7,874,209———
Suketu Upadhyay6,211,805———
Kevin Thornal6,210,746———
Wilfred van Zuilen4,139,409———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Equity grants and outstanding awards

No plan-based awards are on file for this fiscal year.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Wilfred van ZuilenRSU4,901—$440,698
Wilfred van ZuilenPSU7,074—636,094
Jehanzeb NoorPSU7,988—718,281
Jehanzeb NoorRSU8,131—731,140
Wilfred van ZuilenPSU9,389—844,259
Wilfred van ZuilenRSU9,545—858,286
Suketu UpadhyayRSU10,890—979,229
Jehanzeb NoorRSU11,744—1,056,020
Suketu UpadhyayPSU15,720—1,413,542
Jehanzeb NoorPSU18,212—1,637,623
Suketu UpadhyayPSU18,778—1,688,518
Suketu UpadhyayRSU19,090—1,716,573
Kevin ThornalRSU29,870—2,685,910
Kevin ThornalPSU30,474—2,740,222
Ivan TornosRSU31,991—2,876,631
Ivan TornosPSU46,177—4,152,236
Ivan TornosPSU56,333—5,065,463
Ivan TornosRSU57,269—5,149,628
Director compensation

No director compensation table is on file for fiscal year 2025.

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$110,000
Annual equity retainer$205,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guideline—
Peer group, and who names Zimmer Biomet as a peer

Companies that benchmark against ZMH

No companies currently name ZMH as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

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Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc2025Ivan Tornos$1,281,846$12,000,101$0$2,420,767$16,106,550

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

No say-on-pay vote is on file for this company.

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (6 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Ivan Tornos. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 52. As printed: 16,106,550. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jehanzeb Noor. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 52. As printed: 7,874,209. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Suketu Upadhyay. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 52. As printed: 6,211,805. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kevin Thornal. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 52. As printed: 6,210,746. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Wilfred van Zuilen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 52. As printed: 4,139,409. View filing ↗
  • Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 16,106,550. View filing ↗
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