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Public Record: Southeast Wisconsin’s top paid public company CEOs

Most of the chief executive officers of public companies in southeastern Wisconsin saw their total compensation rise in 2023, according to a BizTimes Milwaukee analysis of securities filings. Of the 34 companies included in the review, 21 increased their total pay. The average total compensation among the group was up 5% to $7.1 million and

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Arthur covers banking and finance and the economy at BizTimes while also leading special projects as an associate editor. He also spent five years covering manufacturing at BizTimes. He previously was managing editor at The Waukesha Freeman. He is a graduate of Carroll University and did graduate coursework at Marquette. A native of southeastern Wisconsin, he is also a nationally certified gymnastics judge and enjoys golf on the weekends.
Most of the chief executive officers of public companies in southeastern Wisconsin saw their total compensation rise in 2023, according to a BizTimes Milwaukee analysis of securities filings. Of the 34 companies included in the review, 21 increased their total pay. The average total compensation among the group was up 5% to $7.1 million and the median compensation climbed 9% to $6.1 million. Total compensation for the group was up 8% to $243 million. A total of seven CEOs topped $10 million in total pay, led by Fiserv’s Frank Bisignano at nearly $28 million. In many cases, compensation is primarily made up of stock options and other incentive-related pay. For two-thirds of the CEOs in the region, base salary was 20% or less of total compensation. Harley-Davidson’s Jochen Zeitz had the highest base salary at almost $1.95 million. In total, 15 local CEOs had base salaries topping $1 million.

Name

Company

Base Salary ($)

Total Compensation ($)

Frank Bisignano

Fiserv

1,400,000

27,943,757

Blake Moret

Rockwell Automation

1,198,817

16,765,020

George Oliver

Johnson Controls

1,500,000

15,882,646

Jonas Prising

ManpowerGroup

1,300,000

12,712,353

Jochen Zeitz

Harley-Davidson

1,948,000

11,953,280

Louis Pinkham

Regal Rexnord

1,119,493

11,805,489

Nicholas Pinchuk

Snap-On

1,142,473

10,574,757

Todd Adams

Zurn Elkay

1,005,000

9,905,918

Paul Sternlieb

Enerpac Tool Group

774,519

9,608,505

Scott Lauber

WEC Energy Group

1,085,199

9,230,552

Thomas Kingsbury

Kohl's Corp.

1,475,000

8,962,889

Kevin Wheeler

A.O. Smith

1,076,500

8,756,656

Joel Quadracci

Quad

1,087,371

8,510,486

Timothy Mattke

MGIC

988,462

7,984,013

Aaron Jagdfeld

Generac

1,050,000

7,084,966

Aaron Ravenscroft

The Manitowoc Co.

944,231

6,698,208

Paul Manning

Sensient Technologies

1,080,000

6,175,152

Eric Colson

Artisan Partners

500,000

6,006,868

Mark Skonieczny

Rev Group

669,290

5,894,245

Neil Brinker

Modine Manufacturing

882,750

4,824,132

Greg Marcus

Marcus Corp.

950,000

4,784,595

Andrew Harmening

Associated Bank

1,030,000

4,746,720

Kenneth Bockhorst

Badger Meter

750,000

4,544,288

Karim Donnez

LiveWire Group

323,077

3,573,368

Russell Shaller

Brady Corp.

774,808

3,242,497

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