Westlake: Pay

Westlake paid its 5 named executives $27.1M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Jean-Marc Gilson was paid $6.4M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Albert ChaoExecutive Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Jean-Marc GilsonPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years
James ChaoSenior Chairman
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Robert F. BuesingerExecutive Vice President, Performance and Essential Materials Segment Head
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
M. Steven BenderExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 11 peers with pay on file was $14.9M. The CEO of Westlake was paid $6.4M, 57% below the median.

  1. 1Dow
  2. 2Ecolab
  3. 3DuPont de Nemours
  4. 4LyondellBasell Industries
  5. 5Sherwin Williams
  6. 6PPG Industries
  7. 7Owens Corning
  8. 8Celanese
  9. 9OLIN
  10. 10Chemours
  11. 11Builders FirstSource
  12. 12Westlake
  13. 13Eastman ChemicalNot disclosed
  14. 14HuntsmanNot disclosed
  15. 15Masco CorporationNot disclosed
  16. 16RPM International IncNot disclosed
  17. 17MosaicNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.