Former Chairman and CEO · Leonardo DRS, Inc. (DRS)

William Lynn III

A named executive officer of Leonardo DRS 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

$8,224,992

FY2023: $9,674,976

1st of 5 named executive officers at Leonardo DRS by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Leonardo DRS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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William Lynn III compensation by year

Leonardo DRS Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Leonardo DRS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$1,137,185$1,156,439$1,160,428$1,160,428$1,157,249
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards——$5,881,020$3,263,996$4,846,532
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$3,767,700$5,067,533$3,905,700$5,137,726$2,126,500
Pension and deferred compensation———$0$0
All other$98,807$99,632$103,130$112,826$94,711
Total$5,003,692$6,323,603$11,050,279$9,674,976$8,224,992

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Leonardo DRS, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001833756-26-000019, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Leonardo DRS, Inc. filed document, accession 0001833756-26-000019. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 3, 2026.

$5.0M
$6.3M
$11.1M
$9.7M
$8.2M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2023 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU362,716$7,268,829—
PSU278,166$5,574,447—
RSU142,858$2,862,874—
RSU139,083$2,787,223—
PSU128,572$2,576,583—
RSU120,905$2,422,936—
RSU85,714$1,717,709—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Leonardo DRS, Inc.'s FY2023 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Leonardo DRS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William Lynn III · this pageFormer Chairman and CEO$8,224,992
John BaylounyExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer$2,703,832
Michael DippoldExecutive Vice President, CFO$2,396,014
Mark DorfmanExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$1,825,916
Sally WallaceExecutive Vice President, Operations$1,736,590

Board service

Leonardo DRS board · FY2022–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Leonardo DRS pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in RSUs. As stated in Leonardo DRS's FY2024 proxy.

Committees

Government Security

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