Biopharma & Life Sciences

Bio-Rad Laboratories Executive Compensation (FY25)

BIO · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Norman Schwartz
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 21, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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Chief executive total compensation — Norman Schwartz: $8,289,471 → $7,995,841 (3.5% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 108:1 → 97:1 (10.2% lower)

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Who is Bio-Rad Laboratories' chief executive and what were they paid?
Norman Schwartz was paid $7,995,841 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for fiscal 2025. Schwartz's total was 3.5% lower than the $8,289,471 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Bio-Rad Laboratories' say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 96.1% support at the meeting held April 21, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Bio-Rad Laboratories' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Agilent Technologies Inc., Bruker Corporation, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Dentsply Sirona, Inc. and Haemonetics Corporation, among others.
What is Bio-Rad Laboratories' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 97:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $82,784.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Norman Schwartz
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Andrew Last
Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Ilan Daskal
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Dara Wright
Executive Vice President, President, Clinical Diagnostics Group
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Simon May
Executive Vice President, President, Life Science Group
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Crowley
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Norman Schwartz
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇———◇◇
Andrew Last
Executive Vice President Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Ilan Daskal
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Dara Grantham Wright
Executive Vice President, President, Clinical Diagnostics Group
◇—◇———◇◇
Simon May
Executive Vice President, President, Life Science Group
◇—◇———◇◇
Michael Crowley
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Norman Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jonathan DiVincenzo
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇— not reconciled
Roop Lakkaraju
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Michael Crowley
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Eva Engelhardt
Executive Vice President, President, Clinical Diagnostics Group
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Norman Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Jonathan DiVincenzo
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Roop Lakkaraju
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Rajat Mehta
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
James Barry
Executive Vice President and President, Life Science Group
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
James BarryOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
James BarryRSU◇——◇——◇
Jonathan P. DiVincenzoOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Jonathan P. DiVincenzoRSU◇——◇——◇
Norman SchwartzRSU◇——◇——◇
Norman SchwartzOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Rajat MehtaRSU◇——◇——◇
Rajat MehtaRSU◇——◇——◇
Roop K. LakkarajuRSU◇——◇——◇
Roop K. LakkarajuOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2022, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Norman SchwartzRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/3/2035
Option◇—◇3/8/2034
RSU◇◇——
Rajat MehtaRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
James BarryOption◇—◇3/8/2034
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/3/2035
Jonathan DiVincenzoRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/3/2035
RSU◇◇——
Roop LakkarajuRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇3/3/2035
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Gregory K. Hinckley
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Melinda Litherland
◇◇————◇
Jeffrey L. Edwards
◇◇————◇
Arnold A. Pinkston
◇◇————◇
Allison Schwartz and Norman Schwartz served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Agilent Technologies Inc. A
  • Bruker Corporation BRKR
  • Charles River Laboratories, Inc. CRL
  • Dentsply Sirona, Inc. XRAY
  • Haemonetics Corporation HAE
  • Hologic, Inc. HOLX
  • IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX
  • Illumina, Inc. ILMN
  • Integer Holdings Corporation ITGR
  • Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation IART
  • Lantheus Holdings LNTH
  • LivaNova PLC LIVN
  • Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD
  • Qiagen N.V. QGEN
  • QuidelOrtho Corporation QDEL
  • ResMed Inc. RMD
  • Revvity, Inc. RVTY
  • Sotera Health Company SHC
  • Steris Corporation STE
  • Teleflex Incorporated TFX
  • The Cooper Companies Inc. COO
  • Waters Corporation WAT
  • West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. WST

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 21, 2026=◇◇◇
2022April 25, 2023=◇◇◇
2019April 28, 2020=◇◇◇
2016April 25, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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226 figures on this page: 222 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
222 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000012208-26-000024
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000012208-26-000020
    DIRECTOR COMPENSATION · Director Compensation · GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS TABLE · OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001308179-25-000235
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  4. 0001308179-24-000313
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  5. 0000012208-23-000041
  6. 0001308179-23-000427
    SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
  7. 0001193125-20-131076
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0000012208-17-000019
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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