Executive Chair · LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)

Christopher Mapes

A named executive officer of LINCOLN ELECTRIC in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$7,126,026

FY2024: $7,126,026

2nd of 7 named executive officers at Lincoln Electric by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 19, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Christopher Mapes compensation by year

LINCOLN ELECTRIC Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as LINCOLN ELECTRIC reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$865,429$935,000$965,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,030,000$1,065,000$1,107,600$553,800$553,800
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,315,716$2,408,020$2,504,772$2,670,534$2,583,316$3,483,636$3,672,156$4,196,532$3,897,502$3,897,502
Option awards$1,117,327$1,199,989$1,250,009$1,333,333$1,333,335$1,766,662$1,833,338$2,068,853$1,881,054$1,881,054
Non-equity incentive$2,320,266$2,928,906$2,057,400$1,718,830$1,868,760$2,569,567$3,088,500$2,777,943$490,232$490,232
Pension and deferred compensation$32,704$33,446$36,779$51,059$100,170$157,838$185,377$138,395$76,829$76,829
All other$45,167$187,102$204,946$208,213$191,955$206,117$252,107$320,347$226,609$226,609
Total$6,696,609$7,692,463$7,018,906$6,981,969$7,077,536$9,213,820$10,096,478$10,609,670$7,126,026$7,126,026

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0002071876-26-000032, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC filed document, accession 0002071876-26-000032. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 19, 2026.

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SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU23,848$4,470,785—
PSU15,780$2,958,277—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

LINCOLN ELECTRIC’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Steven HedlundChairman and Chief Executive Officer$8,394,536
Christopher Mapes · this pageExecutive Chair$7,126,026
Gabriel BrunoExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer$2,910,855
Jennifer AnsberryExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,924,695
Michael WhiteheadExecutive Vice President, President, Americas Welding$1,624,229
Susan EdwardsExecutive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer$1,589,361
Michele KuhrtExecutive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer$1,472,933

Board service

LINCOLN ELECTRIC board · FY2021–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: LINCOLN ELECTRIC pays directors a $95,000 cash retainer and $155,000 in RSUs. As stated in LINCOLN ELECTRIC's FY2024 proxy.

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