Executive Chairman · National Vision Holdings, Inc. (EYE)

L. Reade Fahs

A named executive officer of National Vision 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

$7,290,696

FY2024: $5,052,663

1st of 8 named executive officers at National Vision by FY2025 total.

8 named officers on file for National Vision, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 4, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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L. Reade Fahs compensation by year

National Vision Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as National Vision reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$605,221$700,346$900,000$919,211$743,827$975,386$991,196$1,000,000$1,013,846$908,154
Bonus$0$0$0$0$83,849$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$1,125,024$1,687,551$2,062,508$3,250,006$6,000,007$4,000,011$4,313,738
Option awards$0$0$0$1,125,001$562,508$687,505$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$503,074$574,249$688,635$1,281,776$871,151$1,967,300$0$1,578,900$0$2,024,980
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$16,911$23,240$14,035$36,815$27,442$35,791$32,100$38,531$38,806$43,824
Total$1,125,206$1,297,835$1,602,670$4,487,827$3,976,328$5,728,490$4,273,302$8,617,438$5,052,663$7,290,696

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: National Vision Holdings, Inc. DEF 14A filed May 4, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-018642, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the National Vision Holdings, Inc. filed document, accession 0001140361-26-018642. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 4, 2026.

$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$4.5M
$4.0M
$5.7M
$4.3M
$8.6M
$5.1M
$7.3M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
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
PSU328,948$8,536,201—
PSU268,938$6,978,941—
RSU164,474$4,268,100—
PSU84,962$2,204,764—
RSU56,642$1,469,860—
RSU44,823$1,163,157—

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

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments National Vision discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Retirement$0$2,772,438$0$2,772,438
Disability$0$16,863,452$0—
Death$0$16,863,452$0—
Change in control and involuntary termination$4,639,980$20,075,205$1,071—
Involuntary termination without cause$3,754,980$0$714—

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in National Vision Holdings, Inc.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

National Vision’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
L. Reade Fahs · this pageExecutive Chairman$7,290,696
Alexander WilkesChief Executive Officer and Director$5,198,862
Mark BannerPresident of America's Best$2,277,281
Christopher LadenChief Financial Officer$2,198,659
Jared BrandmanChief Legal & Strategy Officer, Corporate Secretary$2,060,916
Bill ClarkChief People Officer$1,638,246
Melissa RasmussenFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,452,952
Patrick MooreSpecial Advisor, Former Interim Chief Financial Officer$156,665

Board service

National Vision board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: National Vision pays directors a $80,000 cash retainer and $170,000 in RSUs. As stated in National Vision's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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