Executive Chairman · WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)

Charles Willis IV

A named executive officer of WILLIS LEASE FINANCE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$52,091,481

FY2024: $14,157,088

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Charles Willis IV compensation by year

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WILLIS LEASE FINANCE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$1,209,442$1,210,202
Bonus$4,185,726$5,251,327
Stock awards$8,609,728$33,628,868
Option awards$0$11,364,000
Non-equity incentive$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$152,192$637,084
Total$14,157,088$52,091,481

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-177136, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$14.2M
$52.1M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU75,000$10,173,000—
RSU44,904$6,090,779—
RSU40,000$5,425,600—
RSU37,500$5,086,500—
RSU26,666$3,616,976—
RSU20,100$2,726,364—
RSU13,400$1,817,576—
RSU13,333$1,808,488—
Option300,000—$126.55

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Charles Willis IV · this pageExecutive Chairman$52,091,481
Austin WillisChief Executive Officer$19,209,005
Brian HolePresident$12,276,872
Scott FlahertyChief Financial Officer$9,926,494

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