Stephen Squeri
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.
Pay vs performance
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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
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14AAmex 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 proxiesRelated intelligence
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