Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer · ELI LILLY & Co (LLY)

David Ricks

A named executive officer of ELI LILLY in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$36,698,337

FY2021: $21,509,985

1st of 5 named executive officers at ELI Lilly by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for ELI LILLY, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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David Ricks compensation by year

ELI LILLY Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ELI LILLY reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2025
Salary$1,400,000$1,400,000$1,400,000$1,483,333$1,500,000$1,700,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$10,200,000$10,584,000$12,222,000$13,587,500$14,966,000$23,325,000
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,814,000$3,633,000$2,919,000$2,625,500$2,475,000$6,485,500
Pension and deferred compensation$1,347,991$1,529,337$4,658,242$5,883,924$2,442,235$4,451,636
All other$84,000$84,000$84,000$128,372$126,750$736,201
Total$15,845,991$17,230,337$21,283,242$23,708,629$21,509,985$36,698,337

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ELI LILLY & Co DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0000059478-26-000029, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ELI LILLY & Co filed document, accession 0000059478-26-000029. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

$15.8M
$17.2M
$21.3M
$23.7M
$21.5M
$36.7M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU22,086$23,735,382—
RSU20,197$21,705,312—
RSU19,158$20,588,719—
RSU17,850$19,183,038—
RSU15,966$17,158,341—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ELI LILLY & Co's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 20, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-03Gift—23,538$0.00555,278.1

The 1 most recent of 1 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 →

ELI LILLY’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Ricks · this pageChair, President, and Chief Executive Officer$36,698,337
Daniel SkovronskyExecutive Vice President, Chief Scientific and Product Officer and President, Lilly Research Labs$17,786,576
Anat HakimExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$9,845,518
Lucas MontarceExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$8,483,315
Jake Van NaardenExecutive Vice President and President, Lilly Oncology and Head of Corporate Business Development$7,586,097

Board service

ELI LILLY board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ELI LILLY pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $220,000 in Deferred Stock Units. As stated in ELI LILLY's FY2025 proxy.

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