Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · KINDER MORGAN, INC. (KMI)

David Michels

A named executive officer of KINDER MORGAN in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$3,922,147

FY2024: $3,660,181

4th of 5 named executive officers at Kinder Morgan by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for KINDER MORGAN, FY2025

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

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David Michels compensation by year

KINDER MORGAN Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KINDER MORGAN reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$328,556$396,154$461,538$450,000$473,077$498,077$500,000$523,077
Bonus$75,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$600,009$750,021$800,011$1,000,000$1,500,015$2,100,004$2,400,019$2,600,013
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$450,000$570,000$637,000$763,000$750,000$735,000$735,000$750,000
Pension and deferred compensation$1,799$32,860$11,188$7,032$0$27,197$7,912$31,557
All other$47,317$14,000$14,250$14,500$15,250$16,500$17,250$17,500
Total$1,502,681$1,763,035$1,923,987$2,234,532$2,738,342$3,376,778$3,660,181$3,922,147

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KINDER MORGAN, INC. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001506307-26-000024, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KINDER MORGAN, INC. filed document, accession 0001506307-26-000024. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

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$1.8M
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$2.2M
$2.7M
$3.4M
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FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU333,163$9,158,651—

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

KINDER MORGAN’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kimberly DangChief Executive Officer$12,331,566
Dax SandersExecutive Vice President$4,233,227
Sital ModyVice President (President, Natural Gas Pipelines)$4,136,088
David Michels · this pageVice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,922,147
John SchlosserVice President (President, Terminals)$3,774,800

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