CEO · AXP
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Stephen Squeri

Chairman & CEO · American Express AXP
$46.2M
FY2025 total compensation
Filed · DEF 14A

A four-decade American Express lifer who rose from the technology ranks to chairman and CEO, betting the card company’s future on premium, fee-paying members.

CEO since2018
Born1959
Pay rank#12 of 50 tracked

Pay vs performance

what happened while he earned it
CEO compensation$46.2M
Stock · since 2024+51.6%
S&P 500 · since 2024+37.4%
Revenue · YoY+6.4%
EPS · YoY+9.8%
CEO tenure8 yrs

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Why this pay?

  • His fiscal 2025 pay was $46.2 million. American Express reports its annual incentive in the bonus column, so the package is a $1.73 million salary, an $11.3 million bonus, stock and option grants, and a large "all other" line driven mostly by home-security and aircraft costs the company treats as a business necessity.

Quick facts

CEO since2018
PreviouslyAmerican Express
Largest pay componentStock & options · 62%
Pay rank (tracked)#12 of 50
EducationManhattan College (BS; MBA)

Compensation breakdown

DEF 14A
total · FY2025$46,239,805
Salary$1,729,167
Bonus$11,328,125
Stock awards$23,486,257
Option awards$5,399,962
Change in pension value$66,178
All other comp$4,230,116
Total$46,239,805

Amex reports the annual incentive in the Bonus column. All-other jumped on ~$3.49M of home-security costs plus personal aircraft use. The proxy’s pay-ratio section confirms $46,239,805. Source: American Express 2026 Proxy (FY2025)

Compensation history

salary + cash vs stock, from the proxies
$46.2MFY2025
Stock & optionsSalary & cashOther· prior years n/a

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Career

2018-presentChairman & CEO · American Express
2015-2018Vice Chairman · American Express
2011-2015Group President, Global Corporate Services · American Express

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