Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. (HOG)

Jochen Zeitz

A named executive officer of HARLEY-DAVIDSON in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 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

$8,719,199

FY2024: $9,145,545

1st of 6 named executive officers at Harley-Davidson by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for HARLEY-DAVIDSON, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Jochen Zeitz compensation by year

HARLEY-DAVIDSON Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HARLEY-DAVIDSON reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,682,692$2,500,000$1,900,000$1,948,000$1,950,000$1,531,000
Bonus$1,000,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,000,017$6,000,030$38,407,535$6,500,029$6,500,014$6,610,699
Option awards$0$6,435,000$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,500,000$3,000,000$2,738,400$3,093,600$0$135,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$206,233$170,538$278,929$411,651$695,531$442,500
Total$9,388,942$18,105,568$43,324,864$11,953,280$9,145,545$8,719,199

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0000793952-26-000022, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC. filed document, accession 0000793952-26-000022. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 9, 2026.

$9.4M
$18.1M
$43.3M
$12.0M
$9.1M
$8.7M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU294,845$6,041,374—
PSU51,696$1,059,251—
Option310,650—$36.63

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments HARLEY-DAVIDSON discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause—$0—$0
Retirement—$5,698,802—$5,698,802
Death—$5,302,367—$5,302,367
Disability—$5,302,367—$5,302,367

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INC.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jochen Zeitz · this pageFormer Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$8,719,199
Artie StarrsPresident and Chief Executive Officer$8,591,990
Matt RyanChief Marketing and Technology Officer$2,593,877
Jonathan RootChief Financial and Commercial Officer$2,464,073
Jagdish KrishnanFormer Chief Digital and Operations Officer$1,579,070
Paul KrauseChief Legal, Compliance, and Corporate Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary$1,467,993

Board service

HARLEY-DAVIDSON board · FY2021

How this board is paid

Company policy: HARLEY-DAVIDSON pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $125,000 in Share units (RSUs). As stated in HARLEY-DAVIDSON's FY2021 proxy.

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