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Stephen Squeri Net Worth (2026)
Stephen Squeri is Chairman & CEO of American Express (AXP). 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 | American Express (AXP) |
| Title | Chairman & CEO |
| Verified stake | $81M |
| Shares owned | 223,989 |
| Latest total pay | $46M breakdown → |
| Age | ~67 |
HOW THIS IS CALCULATED
We take the shares Stephen Squeri 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
Stephen Squeri grew up in a working-class Italian-American family in Astoria, Queens, born in 1959. He earned both his undergraduate degree and his MBA from Manhattan College, later returning to chair its board, and started out as a consultant at Arthur Andersen.
He joined American Express in 1985 and never left, spending roughly four decades inside the company across many divisions, including a long run as its chief information officer. In 2018 he became chairman and chief executive, succeeding Ken Chenault, and leaned hard into premium cards and record growth.
Squeri is a career-long insider and hired executive. His stake in American Express is the product of that long tenure of stock compensation.
Born 1959 · Manhattan College (BS; MBA)
CAREER
2018-presentChairman & CEO, American Express
2015-2018Vice Chairman, American Express
2011-2015Group President, Global Corporate Services, American Express
NOTABLE
- Gave 10 million dollars to his alma mater, Manhattan College, which named a campus building in his honor.
- Spent his entire career at American Express and serves on the boards of Memorial Sloan Kettering and a childhood-cancer charity.
COMPENSATION HISTORY · from SEC proxy statements
| Fiscal year | Total pay |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $46M |
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The stake value is filing-derived and verifiable; any broader “net worth” is an estimate. 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.
