Cleveland-Cliffs
CLF· Mining· Fiscal year ends in December
Lourenco Goncalves is the CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs and was paid $19.0M in FY2025 (Dec), up 25%.
Executives5
See all- 1Lourenco GoncalvesChairman, President and CEOFY2025
- 2Celso L. Goncalves Jr.EVP, CFOFY2025
- 3Clifford T. SmithEVP, COOFY2022
- 4Keith A. KociEVP & President, Cleveland-Cliffs ServicesFY2022
- 5James D. GrahamEVP, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer & SecretaryFY2022
Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.
Pay
See allCleveland-Cliffs paid its 2 named executives $24.6M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Lourenco Goncalves was paid $19.0M of that.
| Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lourenco GoncalvesChairman, President and CEO | |||
| Celso L. Goncalves Jr.EVP, CFO | |||
| Clifford T. SmithEVP, COO | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Keith A. KociEVP & President, Cleveland-Cliffs Services | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| James D. GrahamEVP, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer & Secretary | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.
Peers17
See allThe FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Cleveland-Cliffs names 17 peer companies for pay. Among Cleveland-Cliffs and these peers, CEO pay was 4th highest of 15 and total shareholder return was 12th highest of 15.
4th highest of 15in Cleveland-Cliffs and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:
12th highest of 15in Cleveland-Cliffs and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:
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The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.
Board5
See all- Ralph S. Michael, IIILead independent director · 5 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Organization, Governance and Nominating (Chair)—Paid as an executive
- Ben OrenDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
- Ron A. BloomDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentGovernance and Nominating, Strategy and Sustainability—Paid as an executive
- Edilson T. CamaraDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Organization (Chair)—Paid as an executive
- Jane M. CroninDirector · 0 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).
Activity
Filings6
See all| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | Apr 2, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Feb 9, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | Apr 2, 2025 | FY2024 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Feb 25, 2025 | FY2024 |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | Apr 3, 2024 | FY2023 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Feb 8, 2024 | FY2023 |
