Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · Eastman Chemical Co. (EMN)

Mark Costa

A named executive officer of Eastman Chemical in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 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

$19,498,966

FY2024: $15,939,802

1st of 5 named executive officers at Eastman Chemical by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Eastman Chemical, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Mark Costa compensation by year

Eastman Chemical Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Eastman Chemical reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,139,436$1,226,110$1,264,844$1,303,312$1,319,904$1,331,575$1,360,810$1,397,355$1,406,958
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$9,124,531$9,646,050$9,248,104$8,032,588$9,781,398$11,996,462$11,208,310$9,079,982$12,682,200
Option awards$1,980,237$2,946,429$2,738,265$1,471,211$2,601,291$2,825,667$2,472,937$2,288,221$3,278,151
Non-equity incentive$1,449,000$1,540,625$377,000$1,950,000$3,458,250$0$1,597,050$2,226,000$987,000
Pension and deferred compensation$448,854$186,226$559,773$538,236$172,210$305,653$543,510$360,523$621,666
All other$347,598$373,043$368,147$266,643$465,808$608,774$415,273$587,721$522,991
Total$14,489,656$15,918,483$14,556,133$13,561,990$17,798,861$17,068,131$17,597,890$15,939,802$19,498,966

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Eastman Chemical Co. DEF 14A filed March 24, 2026, accession 0000915389-26-000074, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Eastman Chemical Co. filed document, accession 0000915389-26-000074. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 24, 2026.

$14.5M
$15.9M
$14.6M
$13.6M
$17.8M
$17.1M
$17.6M
$15.9M
$19.5M
FY17
FY18
FY19
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
PSU84,095$5,367,754—
RSU45,082$2,877,584—
Option38,039—$83.84
Option72,093—$86.15
Option121,458—$100.56

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

Eastman Chemical’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Mark Costa · this pageChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$19,498,966
Brad LichExecutive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer$6,097,092
William McLainExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$5,459,955
B. Travis SmithExecutive Vice President, Additives & Functional Products, Manufacturing, WWE&C and HSE$4,989,797
Christopher KillianSenior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer$3,696,226

Board service

Eastman Chemical board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Eastman Chemical pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $120,000 in Restricted Stock. As stated in Eastman Chemical's FY2025 proxy.

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