Former President and Chief Operating Officer · Corning Incorporated (GLW)

Eric Musser

A named executive officer of Corning 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.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$12,102,878

FY2024: $9,925,488

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Eric Musser compensation by year

Corning Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Corning reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$645,040$870,837$913,523$929,300$955,054$790,731
Bonus—$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,616,593$2,630,873$3,659,339$4,655,565$3,445,279$4,444,609
Option awards$65,598$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,917,331$3,761,798$1,379,649$738,207$4,677,828$3,398,932
Pension and deferred compensation$427,990$163,366$0$249,101$698,674$3,338,334
All other$80,943$86,427$115,315$144,382$148,653$130,272
Total$5,753,495$7,513,301$6,067,826$6,716,555$9,925,488$12,102,878

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Corning Incorporated DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0001206774-26-000148, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$5.8M
$7.5M
$6.1M
$6.7M
$9.9M
$12.1M
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU262,982$23,026,704—
PSU63,226$5,536,069—

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

Corning’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Wendell WeeksChairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$25,756,121
Eric Musser · this pageFormer President and Chief Operating Officer$12,102,878
Lewis SteversonVice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administration Officer$9,083,355
John ZhangExecutive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer$8,278,183
Edward SchlesingerExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,415,346
A. Hal Nelson IIIExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$6,789,224

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