Zeeland, Michigan-Based Motor Vehicle Supplier Gentex Corp's Top-Tier Executives Average Pay and Benefits Raise Was a Blistering 30.3% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Gentex Corp's  Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec		Dec	Dec
Gentex Corp	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Steve Downing CEO	3,427	1,075		1,075	791		791	653		653	419		419	537
Kevin Nash CFO	990	600		600	483		483	417		417	461		N/A	N/A
Scott Ryan General Counsel	927	497		497	430		430	381		N/A	N/A
Joseph Matthews VP Purchasing				381	336		336	333		333	347		N/A	N/A
Fred Bauer Former CEO				923	1,684		1,684	1,537		1,537	1,934		1,934	1,709
Mark Newton Former SVP										825	716		716	742
Bruce Los Former SVP													N/A	N/A
Totals	5,344	2,172		3,476	3,724		3,724	3,321		3,765	3,877		3,069	2,988
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	146.0%			-6.7%			12.1%			-2.9%			2.7%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		30.3%