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Gevo Inc Executive Compensation (FY25)
GEVO · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025 ◇ Paul Bloom | Median of the other named officers $1,439,036 5 officers, excluding the chief executive | Latest say-on-pay support = May 20, 2026 | Chief executive pay ratio ◇ To the median employee |
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Paul Bloom: $1,475,502 → $2,017,056 (36.7% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 18.7:1 → 19:1 (1.6% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Gevo Inc's chief executive and what were they paid?
Paul Bloom, Chief Executive Officer, received $2,017,056 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Bloom's total moved 36.7% higher from the $1,475,502 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Gevo Inc's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 63.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 20, 2026.
Which companies are in Gevo Inc's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Aemetis, Inc., Ameresco, Inc., American Vanguard Corporation, Centrus Energy Corp. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp., among others.
What is Gevo Inc's chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 19:1, against median employee compensation of $186,353.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Gruber Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christopher Ryan President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Timothy Cesarek Chief Commercial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
L. Lynn Smull Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul Bloom Chief Carbon Officer and Chief Innovation Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Gruber Former Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christopher Ryan President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul Bloom Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
L. Lynn Smull Former Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Gruber Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — not reconciled |
Christopher Ryan President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul Bloom Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
L. Lynn Smull Former Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew Shafer Chief Customer, Marketing and Brand Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Gruber Former Chief Executive Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Paul Bloom Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Christopher Ryan President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Oluwagbemileke Agiri Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
L. Lynn Smull Former Chief Financial Officer Departed during or after this year | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew Shafer Chief Customer, Marketing and Brand Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
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
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew L. Shafer | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Andrew L. Shafer | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| L. Lynn Smull | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| L. Lynn Smull | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Oluwagbemileke Agiri | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Oluwagbemileke Agiri | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Patrick R. Gruber | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Patrick R. Gruber | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Paul D. Bloom | OPTION | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
| Paul D. Bloom | Restricted Stock | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2022 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
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Gruber | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/3/2033 | |
| Christopher M. Ryan | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/3/2033 | |
| Paul Bloom | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/3/2033 | |
| Oluwagbemileke Agiri | Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/3/2033 | |
| L. Lynn Smull | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 8/3/2033 | |
| Andrew Shafer | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 6/9/2035 | |
| Option | ◇ | — | ◇ | 5/21/2034 |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Severance and change in control
The terms as written in the agreements.
Christopher Ryan
President and Chief Operating Officer · Severance agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
Oluwagbemileke Agiri
Chief Financial Officer · Change-in-control agreement
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
Paul Bloom
Chief Executive Officer · Severance agreement
| Severance multiple | ◇ |
| Severance base | ◇ |
| Change-in-control multiple | ◇ |
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
William H. Baum Board chair | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Jaime Guillen | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Andrew J. Marsh | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Gary W. Mize | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Carol J. Battershell | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Mary Kathryn Ellet | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Angelo Amorelli | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
James J. Barber | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ |
Paul D. Bloom and Patrick R. Gruber 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 | ◇ |
| Board chair premium | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Compensation committee chair | ◇ |
| Compensation committee member | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance chair | ◇ |
| Nominating and governance member | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as Rsus/Options.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Aemetis, Inc. AMTX
- Ameresco, Inc. AMRC
- American Vanguard Corporation AVD
- Centrus Energy Corp. LEU
- Clean Energy Fuels Corp. CLNE
- Energy Fuels Resources Corporation symbol not shown
- Energy Recovery, Inc. ERII
- FuelCell Energy, Inc. FCEL
- Green Plains Inc. GPRE
- Montauk Renewables, Inc. MNTK
- OPAL Fuels Inc. OPAL
- Ouster, Inc. OUST
- REX American Resources Corp. REX
- Stem, Inc. STEM
- Sunnova Energy International, Inc. NOVA
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 20, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 21, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | May 21, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 22, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 9, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | June 10, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | June 15, 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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Documents cited
- 0001104659-26-066257Proposal 3 — Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
- 0001104659-26-0412622025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for 2025 · and 2 more sections
- 0001104659-25-052951Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001104659-25-0333282024 Summary Compensation Table
- 0001104659-24-064677Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001392380-23-000034Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001392380-23-000018Summary Compensation Table
- 0001437749-21-014595Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001437749-19-011970Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-17-205277Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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}
}