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John Stankey Net Worth (2026)
John Stankey is CEO of AT&T (T). Most of a public-company CEO’s on-paper wealth is their stake in that company — anchored here on the number you can verify.
WHAT WE ESTIMATE
varies
Past cash compensation, sold shares, real estate, and other public holdings — estimable from records, but not exact.
WHAT CAN’T BE KNOWN
private
Private company stakes, trusts, cash, debts, and undisclosed assets. Anyone publishing these as a single number is guessing.
At a glance
| Company | AT&T (T) |
| Title | CEO |
| Verified stake | $2M |
| Shares owned | 77,744 |
| Latest total pay | $28M breakdown → |
| Age | ~64 |
HOW THIS IS CALCULATED
We take the shares John Stankey reports owning in their most recent SEC Form 4 and multiply by the latest share price. That gives a stake value you can check against the filing itself. Everything beyond that stake — real estate, private holdings, cash, past compensation — is estimated or simply not public, and we say so rather than roll it into one number.
BIOGRAPHY
John Stankey was born in Los Angeles in 1962, the youngest of three children of an insurance underwriter. He earned a finance degree from Loyola Marymount and an MBA from UCLA, then took an entry-level job at Pacific Bell in 1985 and spent his entire career inside the company as it grew into AT&T.
He held a run of senior roles, including chief technology and strategy jobs, ran WarnerMedia after AT&T’s media acquisition, and became chief executive in 2020. His tenure has been about refocusing AT&T on fiber and wireless and unwinding its expensive move into entertainment.
Stankey is a hired executive and lifelong company man. His AT&T stake came from decades of compensation, which is what this page reflects.
Born 1962 · Loyola Marymount University (BBA); UCLA Anderson (MBA)
CAREER
NOTABLE
- Oversaw the roughly 43 billion dollar divestiture of WarnerMedia to combine it with Discovery.
- Launched a 3 billion dollar initiative to expand digital access and connected-learning centers.
COMPENSATION HISTORY · from SEC proxy statements
| Fiscal year | Total pay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $28M |
| 2024 | $26M |
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The stake value is filing-derived and verifiable; any broader “net worth” is an estimate. Photo: DHSgov, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons). Share counts are the latest reported on SEC filings and change as the executive trades; the price is the last close, so the stake value moves with the market. This is not an official or complete accounting of anyone’s wealth. Educational only — not investment advice.
