Kimberly Clark

Kimberly Clark

KMB· Manufacturing· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025Stock -23.0% in FY2025

Michael Hsu is the CEO of Kimberly Clark and was paid $15.3M in FY2025 (Dec), down 7%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY18 → $101
CEO pay is from each Kimberly Clark proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Michael HsuFY2025
  2. 2Russell TorresFY2025
  3. 3Nelson UrdanetaFY2025
  4. 4Zackery HicksFY2025
  5. 5Jeffrey MelucciFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Kimberly Clark paid its 5 named executives $36.5M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Michael Hsu was paid $15.3M of that.

Name
Michael HsuChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Russell TorresPresident and Chief Operating Officer
Nelson UrdanetaSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Zackery HicksChief Digital and Technology Officer
Jeffrey MelucciChief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers18

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Kimberly Clark names 18 peer companies for pay. Among Kimberly Clark and these peers, CEO pay was 8th highest of 9 and total shareholder return was 7th highest of 9.

8th highest of 9in Kimberly Clark and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$7.5M$31.2M

7th highest of 9in Kimberly Clark and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$65$148

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.

Board7

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  • Michael HsuChair · 8 yr on the boardNot independentExecutive—Paid as an executive
  • Mae C. JemisonDirector · 23 yr on the boardIndependentManagement Development and Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • S. Todd MaclinDirector · 6 yr on the boardIndependentManagement Development and Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Deirdre A. MahlanDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
  • Deeptha KhannaDirector · 2 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
  • Joseph RomanelliDirector · 1 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CTO pay fell 12% to $4.9M. The stock fell 23% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Kimberly Clark COO pay rose 19% to $6.3M. The stock fell 23% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay fell 25% to $4.9M. The stock fell 23% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Kimberly Clark COO pay rose 14% to $5.5M. The stock fell 2% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CEO pay rose 21% to $14.6M. The stock fell 2% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay rose 52% to $6.5M. The stock rose 8% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay rose 48% to $4.8M. The stock fell 2% in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Board
    Joseph Romanelli joined the board of Kimberly Clark. Joseph Romanelli sits on no other public board.
    3
  9. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CTO pay fell 18% to $5.6M. The stock fell 10% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Kimberly Clark COO pay fell 25% to $4.8M. The stock rose 10% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CEO pay rose 14% to $16.5M. The stock fell 10% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CEO pay fell 11% to $12.0M. The stock rose 10% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay fell 12% to $4.3M. The stock fell 10% in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  14. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay fell 11% to $3.3M. The stock rose 10% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  15. Board
    Dorothy Jemison joined the board of Kimberly Clark. Dorothy Jemison sits on no other public board.
    3
  16. Board
    Deeptha Khanna joined the board of Kimberly Clark. Deeptha Khanna sits on no other public board.
    3
  17. Pay
    Kimberly Clark CEO pay rose 12% to $13.5M. The stock rose 1% in FY2020 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  18. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Former CFO pay fell 15% to $4.9M. The stock rose 10% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  19. Pay
    Kimberly Clark Chief Strategy, Business Development and Administrative Officer pay rose 20% to $3.7M. The stock rose 1% in FY2020 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  20. Board
    Sylvia M. Burwell joined the board of Kimberly Clark. Sylvia M. Burwell sits on no other public board.
    3

Filings46

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Current report8-KOct 1, 2026—
Current report8-KMay 5, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AMar 23, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 12, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KJan 29, 2026—
Current report8-KNov 7, 2025—
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