Chairman and Chief Executive Officer · 3M Company (MMM)

William Brown

A named executive officer of 3M in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 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

$21,005,009

FY2024: $21,191,031

1st of 5 named executive officers at 3M by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for 3M, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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William Brown compensation by year

3M Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as 3M reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$1,200,000$1,800,000
Bonus$3,000,000$0
Stock awards$9,333,492$7,753,852
Option awards$4,333,801$7,001,242
Non-equity incentive$2,711,725$3,745,322
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$612,013$704,593
Total$21,191,031$21,005,009

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: 3M Company DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0000066740-26-000151, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the 3M Company filed document, accession 0000066740-26-000151. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 25, 2026.

$21.2M
$21.0M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU91,254$14,809,612—
PSU89,210$14,730,355—
PSU51,468$8,498,396—
RSU17,157$2,832,964—
Option140,731—$97.15
Option211,902—$148.87

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in 3M Company's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-01Exercise or conversion derivative—8,578$0.008,579
2026-05-01Exercise or conversion—8,578$142.5013,243
2026-05-01Tax withholding—3,912$142.509,331

The 3 most recent of 3 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 →

3M’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William Brown · this pageChairman and Chief Executive Officer$21,005,009
Anurag MaheshwariExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,482,301
Kevin RhodesExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer and Secretary$6,736,806
Christian GoralskiGroup President, Safety and Industrial$5,389,578
Wendy BauerGroup President, Transportation and Electronics$5,162,777

Board service

3M board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: 3M pays directors a $140,000 cash retainer and $195,000 in DSUs (Deferred Stock Units) / Common Stock. As stated in 3M's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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