Chief Executive Officer and Director · Edwards Lifesciences Corp (EW)

Bernard Zovighian

A named executive officer of Edwards Lifesciences in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$17,454,255

FY2024: $14,579,474

1st of 6 named executive officers at Edwards Lifesciences by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Edwards Lifesciences, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Bernard Zovighian compensation by year

Edwards Lifesciences Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Edwards Lifesciences reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$641,922$972,814$1,133,846$1,192,500
Bonus—$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,092,210$5,099,085$6,147,250$7,167,024
Option awards$1,209,870$5,500,679$5,748,762$6,499,109
Non-equity incentive$344,862$1,234,207$1,451,588$2,406,537
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0
All other$49,563$62,235$98,028$189,085
Total$3,338,427$12,869,020$14,579,474$17,454,255

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Edwards Lifesciences Corp DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001099800-26-000015, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Edwards Lifesciences Corp filed document, accession 0001099800-26-000015. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

$3.3M
$12.9M
$14.6M
$17.5M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU158,976$13,552,619—
PSU80,976$6,903,204—
RSU76,213$6,497,116—
RSU49,263$4,199,628—
RSU43,550$3,712,638—
RSU33,500$2,855,875—
RSU25,125$2,141,906—
RSU11,263$960,171—
RSU1,038$88,490—
Option133,800—$85.84
Option8,425—$105.93
Option86,850—$88.78

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Edwards Lifesciences Corp's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 13 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

23 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 26, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-07-27Sale—2,920.55$83.938,915.65
2026-07-27Gift—319.65$0.0098,845
2026-07-27Gift—319.65$0.0011,836.2
2026-06-17Sale10b5-1523$87.9211,516.55
2026-05-12Gift10b5-126,640$0.0099,164.65
2026-05-12Gift10b5-126,640$0.0048,390.55
2026-05-12Sale10b5-1845$78.4047,545.55
2026-05-12Sale10b5-135,506$77.9212,039.55

The 8 most recent of 23 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Edwards Lifesciences discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause$674,000——$674,000
Death—$8,994,070—$8,994,070
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,400,000$17,962,370$70,206$25,882,576
Disability—$8,994,070—$8,994,070

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Edwards Lifesciences Corp's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Edwards Lifesciences’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Bernard Zovighian · this pageChief Executive Officer and Director$17,454,255
Scott UllemCorporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$6,050,554
Larry WoodFormer Corporate Vice President and Group President, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Structural Heart$4,854,339
Daveen ChopraCorporate Vice President, Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies$4,695,742
Donald BoboCorporate Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development$4,223,365
Annette BrülsCorporate Vice President, EMEACLA$3,732,107

Board service

Edwards Lifesciences board · FY2022–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Edwards Lifesciences pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $260,000 in equity. As stated in Edwards Lifesciences's FY2025 proxy.

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