Chief Executive Officer · KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC (KLIC)

Fusen E. Chen

A named executive officer of KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 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

$7,114,527

FY2024: $7,367,854

1st of 5 named executive officers at Kulicke & Soffa Industries by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 22, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Fusen E. Chen compensation by year

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$881,250$900,000$900,000
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,576,880$6,207,784$5,738,659
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$381,240$216,000$431,784
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$37,847$44,070$44,084
Total$6,877,217$7,367,854$7,114,527

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC DEF 14A filed January 22, 2026, accession 0000056978-26-000006, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC filed document, accession 0000056978-26-000006. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 22, 2026.

$6.9M
$7.4M
$7.1M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU72,000$2,904,480—
RSU65,135$2,627,546—
RSU62,640$2,526,898—
RSU41,760$1,684,598—
RSU28,949$1,167,803—
RSU24,000$968,160—
RSU10,667$430,307—

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

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Fusen E. Chen · this pageChief Executive Officer$7,114,527
Lester WongExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Interim CEO$1,843,046
Chan Pin ChongExecutive Vice President & General Manager, K&S Products and Solutions$1,425,232
Nelson WongSenior Vice President, Global Sales$1,420,757
Robert ChylakSenior Vice President, Central Engineering and Chief Technology Officer$1,269,092

Board service

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES board · FY2021–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES pays directors a $65,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in equity. As stated in KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES's FY2024 proxy.

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