Chief Executive Officer · HESS CORP (HES)

John Hess

A named executive officer of HESS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2024. 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, FY2024

$18,036,267

FY2023: $16,750,203

1st of 5 named executive officers at Hess by FY2024 total.

5 named officers on file for HESS, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 4, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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John Hess compensation by year

HESS Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HESS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,575,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$5,100,041$6,000,047$6,900,071$12,075,036
Option awards$3,400,015$3,999,992$4,599,998$0
Non-equity incentive$2,385,000$2,517,800$3,723,800$4,358,700
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$23,142$24,339$26,334$27,531
Total$12,408,198$14,042,178$16,750,203$18,036,267

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HESS CORP DEF 14A filed April 4, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-073397, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HESS CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-25-073397. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 4, 2025.

$12.4M
$14.0M
$16.8M
$18.0M
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FY22
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HESS’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
John Hess · this pageChief Executive Officer$18,036,267
Gregory HillChief Operating Officer and President, Exploration & Production$12,554,008
John RiellyExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,033,560
Timothy GoodellExecutive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer$6,161,841
Barbara Lowery-YilmazSenior Vice President and Chief Exploration Officer$4,591,484

Board service

HESS board · FY2023–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: HESS pays directors a $120,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Stock. As stated in HESS's FY2024 proxy.

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