Former Vice Chairman · American Express Company (AXP)

Douglas Buckminster

A named executive officer of American Express in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 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

$15,575,770

FY2024: $16,048,203

2nd of 5 named executive officers at American Express by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Douglas Buckminster compensation by year

American Express Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as American Express reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,100,000$1,100,000$1,100,000$1,100,000$1,100,000
Bonus$7,075,000$7,200,000$6,500,000$6,950,000$6,700,000
Stock awards$5,106,092$6,288,477$6,281,184$6,128,644$6,051,545
Option awards$1,179,977$1,379,956$1,379,970$1,379,948$1,379,910
Non-equity incentive——$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$8,249$0$49,235$45,883$47,448
All other$264,357$214,716$301,189$443,728$296,867
Total$14,733,675$16,183,150$15,611,578$16,048,203$15,575,770

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: American Express Company DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-034163, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the American Express Company filed document, accession 0001104659-26-034163. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$14.7M
$16.2M
$15.6M
$16.0M
$15.6M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option22,988—$173.61
Option20,110—$200.74
Option11,530—$315.25

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

American Express’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Stephen SqueriChairman and Chief Executive Officer$46,239,805
Douglas Buckminster · this pageFormer Vice Chairman$15,575,770
Christophe Le CaillecChief Financial Officer$13,090,458
Howard GrosfieldPresident, U.S. Consumer Services$13,077,645
Raymond JoabarGroup President, Global Commercial Services$12,582,817

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