Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)

Robert Michael

A named executive officer of AbbVie in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 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

$32,530,984

FY2024: $18,492,517

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

5 named officers on file for AbbVie, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 23, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Robert Michael compensation by year

AbbVie Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AbbVie reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$553,654$906,865$1,065,385$1,129,881$1,330,000$1,427,376$1,607,404$1,700,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$724,041$2,704,766$5,406,515$4,258,823$4,675,204$5,440,297$7,915,762$13,268,456
Option awards$173,724$683,643$1,291,477$1,061,733$1,099,516$1,365,031$1,888,269$3,199,154
Non-equity incentive$950,000$1,800,000$2,110,000$2,630,000$2,510,625$3,000,000$4,590,000$5,200,000
Pension and deferred compensation$679,532$2,622,108$3,571,858$2,525,840$1,607$3,019,112$2,008,986$8,647,081
All other$37,937$55,471$49,394$61,389$157,417$189,504$482,096$516,293
Total$3,118,888$8,772,853$13,494,629$11,667,666$9,774,369$14,441,320$18,492,517$32,530,984

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AbbVie Inc. DEF 14A filed March 23, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-033387, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the AbbVie Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-033387. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 23, 2026.

$3.1M
$8.8M
$13.5M
$11.7M
$9.8M
$14.4M
$18.5M
$32.5M
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
PSU66,368$15,164,424—
PSU36,131$8,255,572—
PSU24,060$5,497,469—
Option39,925—$175.28
Option15,192—$149.62
Option83,333—$192.86

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

AbbVie’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Michael · this pageChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$32,530,984
Jeffrey StewartExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer$15,435,304
Scott ReentsExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$12,353,002
Azita Saleki-GerhardtExecutive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer$10,791,976
Roopal ThakkarExecutive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Scientific Officer$9,912,843

Board service

AbbVie board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: AbbVie pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $225,000 in Restricted Stock Units. As stated in AbbVie's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Executive Committee (Chair)

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How this record is built

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