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Fiscal year 2025

Joseph Berquist — FY2025 total compensation $3,709,451

Joseph Berquist is Chief Executive Officer and President of Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR). The company reported total compensation of $3,709,451 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$800,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,420,319
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$461,840
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$27,292
Total$3,709,451

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Quaker Chemical Corp filed March 31, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-022236.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer and President$800,000$0$2,420,319$0$461,840$0$27,292$3,709,451
FY2024Chief Executive Officer and President$575,731$0$1,012,878$0$276,425$0$32,082$1,897,116
FY2023Chief Executive Officer and President$535,933$0$789,316$0$570,375$0$32,976$1,928,600

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Quaker Chemical Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$7,656,558
Difference from that median$-3,947,107
Percentile within the disclosed peer group12th
Peers with a disclosed figure8

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Quaker Chemical Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Quaker Chemical Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Joseph Berquist this pageChief Executive Officer and President$3,709,451
Thomas ColerExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$1,643,815
Jeewat BijlaniExecutive Vice President, Global Specialty and Chief Growth Officer$1,450,851
David SlinkmanFormer Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer$1,307,546
Robert TraubSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary$1,238,984
Jeffrey FleckFormer Senior Vice President, Chief Global Operations Officer$1,065,770

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Quaker Chemical Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

Joseph Berquist's compensation sits inside Quaker Chemical Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Quaker Chemical Corp (KWR) compensation brief