Richard Wallace is President & Chief Executive Officer of KLA Corp. (KLAC). The company reported total compensation of $25,092,254 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $1,190,481 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $20,147,371 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $3,704,317 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $50,085 |
| Total | $25,092,254 |
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 KLA Corp. filed September 23, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-213294.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | President & Chief Executive Officer | $1,190,481 | $0 | $20,147,371 | $0 | $3,704,317 | $0 | $50,085 | $25,092,254 |
| FY2024 | President & Chief Executive Officer | $1,129,905 | $0 | $19,695,857 | $0 | $1,978,769 | $0 | $28,434 | $22,832,965 |
| FY2023 | President & Chief Executive Officer | $1,000,000 | $0 | $23,492,301 | $0 | $2,124,000 | $0 | $28,058 | $26,644,359 |
| FY2022 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $997,115 | $0 | $15,296,189 | $0 | $2,953,846 | $0 | $1,321,475 | $20,568,625 |
| FY2021 | President and Chief Executive Officer | $975,000 | $0 | $9,338,877 | $0 | $2,895,750 | $0 | $500,761 | $13,710,388 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for KLA Corp..
| Peer-group chief executive median | $26,606,193 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $-1,513,939 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 44th |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 16 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group KLA Corp. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Wallace this page | President & Chief Executive Officer | $25,092,254 |
| Bren Higgins | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | $7,712,802 |
| Ahmad Khan | President, Semiconductor Products and Customers | $7,710,444 |
| Oreste Donzella | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer | $6,536,017 |
| Brian Lorig | Executive Vice President, KLA Global Services | $4,996,153 |
| Mary Beth Wilkinson | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | $3,129,029 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full KLA Corp. compensation brief.
Richard Wallace's compensation sits inside KLA Corp.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.