Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)

Robert Ford

A named executive officer of ABBOTT LABORATORIES 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

$24,198,660

FY2024: $22,777,075

1st of 6 named executive officers at Abbott Laboratories by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for ABBOTT LABORATORIES, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Robert Ford compensation by year

ABBOTT LABORATORIES Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ABBOTT LABORATORIES reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$675,000$784,250$1,000,000$1,298,462$1,482,692$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$974,870$2,691,621$3,475,992$5,623,995$8,689,294$8,699,609$7,436,600$8,226,593$8,787,378
Option awards$974,999$2,691,897$3,476,054$5,624,993$8,689,978$8,699,985$7,437,649$8,227,441$8,788,430
Non-equity incentive$1,066,400$1,297,500$1,562,500$3,675,000$3,168,400$2,231,250$2,945,250$2,861,250$1,968,750
Pension and deferred compensation$949,748$382,771$2,311,499$4,150,264$2,755,343$269,586$3,665,280$1,342,793$2,194,304
All other$60,891$279,213$71,841$77,872$129,179$321,722$283,392$618,998$959,798
Total$4,701,908$8,127,252$11,897,886$20,450,586$24,914,886$21,722,152$23,268,171$22,777,075$24,198,660

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ABBOTT LABORATORIES DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000064, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ABBOTT LABORATORIES filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000064. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

$4.7M
$8.1M
$11.9M
$20.5M
$24.9M
$21.7M
$23.3M
$22.8M
$24.2M
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
RSU64,897$8,130,945—
RSU46,888$5,874,598—
RSU23,336$2,923,767—
Option240,059—$75.90
Option151,869—$44.40
Option246,963—$59.94
Option390,896—$87.72
Option359,090—$124.04
Option92,028—$106.24
Option176,196—$116.98
Option241,706—$135.42
Option344,827—$117.58

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 13, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-25Exercise or conversion derivative—246,963$0.000
2026-08-25Exercise or conversion—151,869$44.40458,330
2026-08-25Exercise or conversion—246,963$59.94705,293
2026-08-25Sale—218,535$115.57486,758
2026-08-25Sale—180,297$116.19306,461
2026-08-25Exercise or conversion derivative—151,869$0.000

The 6 most recent of 6 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

ABBOTT LABORATORIES’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Ford · this pageChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$24,198,660
Philip BoudreauExecutive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer$9,090,636
Lisa EarnhardtExecutive Vice President and Group President, Medical Devices$8,069,724
Hubert AllenFormer Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$6,995,583
Christopher ScogginsExecutive Vice President, Diabetes Care$6,601,667
Daniel SalvadoriExecutive Vice President and Group President, Established Pharmaceuticals and Nutritional Products$6,534,285

Board service

ABBOTT LABORATORIES board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ABBOTT LABORATORIES pays directors a $126,000 cash retainer and $210,000 in RSUs. As stated in ABBOTT LABORATORIES's FY2025 proxy.

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