General Counsel and Secretary · Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG)

Walt Bay

A named executive officer of Arthur J. Gallagher in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$8,258,424

FY2024: $5,641,122

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 23, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Walt Bay compensation by year

Arthur J. Gallagher Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Arthur J. Gallagher reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$675,000$675,000$675,000$725,000$725,000$725,000$800,000$850,000
Bonus$0$0$0$500,000$0$0$0$1,000,000
Stock awards$626,049$614,833$616,115$587,701$569,230$627,784$994,130$1,642,767
Option awards$155,736$169,754$176,124$572,810$390,735$437,155$756,982$1,115,365
Non-equity incentive$1,181,250$1,350,000$1,181,250$1,450,000$1,812,500$1,812,500$2,400,000$2,975,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$467,033$478,840$528,205$583,357$598,359$870,068$690,010$675,292
Total$3,105,068$3,288,427$3,176,694$4,418,868$4,095,825$4,472,507$5,641,122$8,258,424

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. DEF 14A filed March 23, 2026, accession 0000354190-26-000101, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. filed document, accession 0000354190-26-000101. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 23, 2026.

$3.1M
$3.3M
$3.2M
$4.4M
$4.1M
$4.5M
$5.6M
$8.3M
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
PSU17,892$4,630,271—
RSU7,090$1,834,821—
Option7,603—$158.56
Option8,166—$127.90
Option9,452—$177.09
Option10,884—$243.54
Option11,350—$337.74

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Arthur J. Gallagher discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death$0$8,663,533$0$9,494,360
Change in control, no termination$0$8,663,533$0$9,494,360
Change in control and involuntary termination$7,650,000$8,663,533$55,366$17,199,726
Involuntary for cause$0$0$0$465,834
Voluntary resignation$0$8,663,533$0$9,129,367
Disability$0$8,663,533$0$9,494,360
Involuntary termination without cause$588,462$8,663,533$0$10,082,821

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Arthur J. Gallagher’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Pat GallagherChairman and Chief Executive Officer$20,745,060
Doug HowellChief Financial Officer$10,023,628
Tom GallagherPresident$9,977,997
Patrick GallagherChief Operating Officer$8,285,614
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