Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President · Corning Incorporated (GLW)

Wendell Weeks

A named executive officer of Corning 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

$25,756,121

FY2024: $21,686,436

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

6 named officers on file for Corning, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Wendell Weeks compensation by year

Corning Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Corning reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,412,769$1,457,604$1,151,245$1,492,648$1,553,077$1,580,000$1,623,754$1,688,754
Bonus$0$0$0$0—$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,250,004$2,437,491$8,417,516$8,023,645$10,661,224$11,355,517$9,175,447$11,987,000
Option awards$1,068,905$1,262,629$151,467$0—$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$9,496,910$3,963,645$7,549,868$10,820,127$3,479,983$1,968,325$10,389,925$9,326,801
Pension and deferred compensation$214,550$4,527,898$1,330,636$0$0$329,695$0$2,282,954
All other$477,933$634,387$351,021$429,612$475,185$394,116$479,310$470,612
Total$14,921,071$14,283,654$18,951,753$20,766,032$16,169,469$15,627,653$21,686,436$25,756,121

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.

How this page was built: the Corning Incorporated filed document, accession 0001206774-26-000148. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

$14.9M
$14.3M
$19.0M
$20.8M
$16.2M
$15.6M
$21.7M
$25.8M
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
RSU734,352$64,299,861—
PSU204,578$17,912,850—

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.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

9 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 20, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-06-09Sale—100,000$186.46908,353
2026-06-09Exercise or conversion derivative—100,000$0.0049,849
2026-06-09Exercise or conversion—100,000$27.031,008,353
2026-04-15Tax withholding—165,622$168.27908,353
2026-04-15Exercise or conversion derivative—235,610$0.000
2026-04-15Exercise or conversion—235,610$0.00969,501
2026-04-15Exercise or conversion derivative—104,474$0.000
2026-04-15Exercise or conversion—104,474$0.001,073,975

The 8 most recent of 9 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 →

Corning’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Wendell Weeks · this pageChairman, Chief Executive Officer and President$25,756,121
Eric MusserFormer 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

Board service

Corning board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Corning pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $235,000 in RSUs. As stated in Corning's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

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