International Business Machines
IBM· Manufacturing· Fiscal year ends in December
A. Krishna is the CEO of International Business Machines and was paid $38.0M in FY2025 (Dec), up 51%.
Executives6
See all- 1A. KrishnaChairman, President and CEOFY2025
- 2R.D. ThomasSenior VP and Software Chief Commercial OfficerFY2025
- 3G. CohnVice ChairmanFY2025
- 4A. RobinsonSenior VP, Chief Legal OfficerFY2025
- 5J.J. KavanaughSenior VP, F&O and CFOFY2023
- 6Arvind KrishnaChairman of the BoardNot disclosed
Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.
Pay
See allInternational Business Machines paid its 4 named executives $84.2M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO A. Krishna was paid $38.0M of that.
| Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A. KrishnaChairman, President and CEO | |||
| R.D. ThomasSenior VP and Software Chief Commercial Officer | |||
| G. CohnVice Chairman | |||
| A. RobinsonSenior VP, Chief Legal Officer | Not disclosed | ||
| J.J. KavanaughSenior VP, F&O and CFO | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.
Peers22
See allThe FY2025 (Dec) proxy of International Business Machines names 22 peer companies for pay. Among International Business Machines and these peers, CEO pay was 6th highest of 18 and total shareholder return was 4th highest of 18.
6th highest of 18in International Business Machines and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:
4th highest of 18in International Business Machines and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:
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The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.
Board14
See all- Arvind KrishnaChair · 5 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
- Alex GorskyLead independent director · 11 yr on the boardIndependent—Paid as an executive
- Andrew LiverisDirector · 15 yr on the boardIndependentDirectors and Corporate Governance (Chair)—Paid as an executive
- David N. FarrDirector · 13 yr on the boardIndependentAudit Audit—Paid as an executive
- Alfred W. ZollarDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentDirectors and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
- Frederick H. WaddellDirectorIndependentExecutive Compensation and Management Resources (Chair)—Paid as an executive
The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).
Shared directors
- AbbVieFrederick H. Waddell1 shared
- Lucid GroupAndrew Liveris1 shared
- MastercardMichael Miebach1 shared
- Northrop Grumman Corp /De/Arvind Krishna1 shared
Activity
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Filings37
See all| Current report | 8-K | Oct 1, 2026 | — |
| Current report | 8-K | May 1, 2026 | — |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | Mar 10, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Feb 24, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Current report | 8-K | Jan 30, 2026 | — |
| Current report | 8-K | May 2, 2025 | — |
