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Fiscal year 2025

Arvind Krishna — FY2025 total compensation $37,989,685

Arvind Krishna is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corp (IBM). The company reported total compensation of $37,989,685 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,500,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$23,988,586
Option awards$6,606,312
Non-equity incentive plan$5,250,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$42,970
All other compensation$601,817
Total$37,989,685

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure International Business Machines Corp filed March 10, 2026, accession 0000051143-26-000025.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$1,500,000$0$23,988,586$6,606,312$5,250,000$42,970$601,817$37,989,685
FY2023Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,500,000$0$11,483,809$3,339,560$3,510,000$23,183$541,874$20,398,426
FY2022Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,500,000$0$8,927,701$2,033,636$3,480,000$0$638,738$16,580,075
FY2021Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,500,000$0$12,605,507$0$2,940,000$0$505,452$17,550,959
FY2020Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$1,352,591$0$13,159,118$0$2,181,000$42,806$274,167$17,009,682

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for International Business Machines Corp.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$29,671,500
Difference from that median$8,318,185
Percentile within the disclosed peer group15th
Peers with a disclosed figure20

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group International Business Machines Corp discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of International Business Machines Corp

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Arvind Krishna this pageChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$37,989,685
James J. KavanaughSenior Vice President, Finance & Operations and Chief Financial Officer$18,840,663
Robert ThomasSenior Vice President, Software & Chief Commercial Officer$17,494,094
Gary CohnVice Chairman$16,235,775
Anne RobinsonSenior Vice President$12,456,310

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full International Business Machines Corp compensation brief.

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The company page

Arvind Krishna's compensation sits inside International Business Machines Corp's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The International Business Machines Corp (IBM) compensation brief