Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Compliance Officer · ALTRIA GROUP, INC. (MO)

Charles Whitaker

A named executive officer of ALTRIA in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,994,559

FY2020: $3,788,073

5th of 5 named executive officers at Altria by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Charles Whitaker compensation by year

ALTRIA Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ALTRIA reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2025
Salary$587,167$739,883
Bonus$0—
Stock awards$1,652,123$2,207,587
Option awards$0—
Non-equity incentive$386,600$1,725,679
Pension and deferred compensation$1,093,458$1,247,422
All other$68,725$73,988
Total$3,788,073$5,994,559

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ALTRIA GROUP, INC. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-038900, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the ALTRIA GROUP, INC. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-038900. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$3.8M
$6.0M
FY20
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU17,168$989,907—
PSU16,765$966,670—
PSU14,555$839,241—
PSU13,085$754,481—
RSU10,820$623,881—
RSU9,248$533,240—
RSU8,380$483,191—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ALTRIA GROUP, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

ALTRIA’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William Gifford Jr.Chief Executive Officer$24,561,180
Jody BegleyExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$10,837,792
Salvatore MancusoExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,616,750
Heather NewmanSenior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer$6,157,074
Charles Whitaker · this pageSenior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Compliance Officer$5,994,559

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