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Colgate Palmolive Executive Compensation (FY25)

CL · New York, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Noel Wallace
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 8, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
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Chief executive total compensation — Noel Wallace: $18,234,864 → $16,478,196 (9.6% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 314:1 → 478:1 (52.2% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Colgate Palmolive's chief executive and what were they paid?
Noel Wallace was paid $16,478,196 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Wallace's total was 9.6% lower than the $18,234,864 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Colgate Palmolive's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 92.7% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held May 8, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Colgate Palmolive's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Church & Dwight Co., Inc., General Mills, Inc., Haleon plc, Kenvue Inc. and Kimberly-Clark Corporation, among others.
What is Colgate Palmolive's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 478:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $34,500.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Stanley Sutula
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Jennifer Daniels
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Stanley Sutula
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Prabha Parameswaran
Group President, Growth and Strategy
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Panagiotis Tsourapas
Group President, Europe and Developing Markets
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Jennifer Daniels
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Stanley Sutula
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Prabha Parameswaran
Group President, Growth and Strategy
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Panagiotis Tsourapas
Chief Operating Officer, Eur., APac, Afr/Eur, Skin and Global Cust. Dev.
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Jennifer Daniels
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Shane Grant
Chief Operating Officer, Americas
◇◇◇◇◇—◇◇
Stanley Sutula III
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Panagiotis Tsourapas
Chief Operating Officer, Eur., APac, Afr/Eur, Skin and Global Cust. Dev.
◇—◇◇◇◇◇◇
Jennifer Daniels
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Jennifer DanielsPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jennifer DanielsPSU◇——◇———
Jennifer DanielsRSU◇——◇——◇
Jennifer DanielsOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Noel WallacePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Noel WallaceOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Noel WallaceRSU◇——◇——◇
Noel WallacePSU◇——◇———
Panagiotis TsourapasPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Panagiotis TsourapasRSU◇——◇——◇
Panagiotis TsourapasOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Panagiotis TsourapasPSU◇——◇———
Shane GrantPSU◇——◇———
Shane GrantRSU◇——◇——◇
Shane GrantRSU◇——◇——◇
Shane GrantOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Stanley Sutula IIIPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stanley Sutula IIIRSU◇——◇——◇
Stanley Sutula IIIOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Stanley Sutula IIIPSU◇——◇———
Fiscal 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Noel WallacePSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/11/33
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/12/32
Option◇—◇9/13/31
Shane GrantRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/11/33
Stanley SutulaPSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/11/33
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/12/32
Option◇—◇9/13/31
Panagiotis TsourapasPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/11/33
Option◇—◇9/12/32
Option◇—◇9/13/31
Jennifer DanielsPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇9/11/33
Option◇—◇9/12/32
Option◇—◇9/13/31
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Shane Grant
Chief Operating Officer, Americas · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion
Severance base◇
Excise tax treatment◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Lorrie M. Norrington
Lead independent director
◇◇◇——◇◇
John T. Cahill
◇◇◇——◇◇
John P. Bilbrey
◇◇◇——◇◇
Martina Hund-Mejean
◇◇◇——◇◇
C. Martin Harris
◇◇◇——◇◇
Kimberly A. Nelson
◇◇◇——◇◇
Brian O. Newman
◇◇◇——◇◇
Lisa M. Edwards
◇◇◇——◇◇
Steven A. Cahillane
◇◇◇——◇◇
Christopher S. Boerner and Noel Wallace served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Equity is delivered as Restricted Stock/RSUs plus Stock Options.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual share grant

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. CHD
  • General Mills, Inc. GIS
  • Haleon plc HLN
  • Kenvue Inc. KVUE
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB
  • Mondelez International, Inc. MDLZ
  • PepsiCo, Inc. PEP
  • Reckitt Benckiser Group plc RBGLY
  • The Clorox Company CLX
  • The Coca-Cola Company KO
  • The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. EL
  • The Kraft Heinz Company KHC
  • The Procter & Gamble Company PG
  • Unilever PLC UL

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 8, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 9, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 10, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 12, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 6, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 7, 2021=◇◇◇
2019May 8, 2020=◇◇◇
2018May 10, 2019=◇◇◇
2017May 11, 2018=◇◇◇
2016May 12, 2017=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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327 figures on this page: 317 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
317 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000021665-26-000025
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001308179-26-000136
    CEO Pay Ratio · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Compensation of Directors · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 3 more sections
  3. 0000021665-25-000022
  4. 0001308179-25-000223
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000021665-24-000017
  6. 0001308179-24-000306
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000021665-23-000019
  8. 0001308179-23-000418
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000021665-22-000012
  10. 0000021665-21-000014
  11. 0000021665-20-000009
  12. 0000930413-19-001684
  13. 0000930413-18-001837
  14. 0000930413-17-002150
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Peers Colgate Palmolive discloses

The companies named in CL's own disclosed peer group.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.General Mills, Inc.Kenvue Inc.Kimberly-Clark CorporationMondelez International, Inc.PepsiCo, Inc.The Clorox CompanyThe Coca-Cola CompanyThe Estée Lauder Companies Inc.The Kraft Heinz CompanyThe Procter & Gamble Company

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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