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Corning Executive Compensation (FY25)

GLW · Corning, NY · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Wendell Weeks
Median of the other named officers
$8,278,183
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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April 30, 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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Say-on-pay support: 85.8% → 94.0% (8.2 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 445:1 → 451:1 (1.3% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Corning's chief executive and what were they paid?
Wendell Weeks, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, received $25,756,121 in total compensation for fiscal 2025.
What was Corning's say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held April 30, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Corning's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include 3M Company, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Agilent Technologies, Inc., Amphenol Corporation and Applied Materials, Inc., among others.
What is Corning's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 451:1, against median employee compensation of $57,059.

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
Wendell Weeks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Eric Musser
Executive Vice President, Corning Technologies and International
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Tony Tripeny
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Wendell Weeks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Eric Musser
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Lewis Steverson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Lawrence McRae
Vice Chairman and Corporate Development Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Edward Schlesinger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Wendell Weeks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇— not reconciled
Eric Musser
President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Lewis Steverson
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administration Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
John Zhang
SVP & GM, Display, MCE, and Asia
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Edward Schlesinger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
A. Hal Nelson III
SVP & GM, Automotive, Life Sciences and Solar
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Wendell Weeks
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Eric Musser
Former President and Chief Operating Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Lewis Steverson
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administration Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
John Zhang
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Edward Schlesinger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
A. Hal Nelson III
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
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
A. Hal Nelson IIIRSU◇——◇——◇
A. Hal Nelson IIIPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
A. Hal Nelson IIIPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
A. Hal Nelson IIIPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Edward SchlesingerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Edward SchlesingerRSU◇——◇——◇
Edward SchlesingerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Edward SchlesingerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eric MusserPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eric MusserPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eric MusserPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Eric MusserRSU◇——◇——◇
John ZhangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
John ZhangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
John ZhangRSU◇——◇——◇
John ZhangPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Lewis SteversonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Lewis SteversonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Lewis SteversonRSU◇——◇——◇
Lewis SteversonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Wendell WeeksRSU◇——◇——◇
Wendell WeeksPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Wendell WeeksPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Wendell WeeksPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
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
Wendell WeeksRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Eric MusserRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Lewis SteversonRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Edward SchlesingerRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
John ZhangRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
A. Hal Nelson IIIRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephanie A. Burns
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
Pamela J. Craig
◇◇———◇◇
Robert F. Cummings Jr
◇◇————◇
Roger W. Ferguson Jr
◇◇————◇
Leslie A. Brun
◇◇————◇
Daniel P. Huttenlocher
◇◇————◇
Thomas D. French
◇◇———◇◇
Kevin J. Martin
◇◇————◇
Mark S. Wrighton
◇◇————◇
Deborah A. Henretta
◇◇————◇
Deborah D. Rieman
◇◇————◇
Ami Badani
◇◇————◇
Wendell P. Weeks 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◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x Annual Cash Retainer

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • 3M Company MMM
  • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD
  • Agilent Technologies, Inc. A
  • Amphenol Corporation APH
  • Applied Materials, Inc. AMAT
  • BorgWarner, Inc. BWA
  • Boston Scientific Corporation BSX
  • Cummins Inc. CMI
  • Danaher Corporation DHR
  • Dover Corporation DOV
  • DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD
  • Eaton Corporation PLC ETN
  • Emerson Electric Co. EMR
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE
  • Honeywell International Inc. HON
  • Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ITW
  • IQVIA Holdings, Inc. IQV
  • L3Harris Corporation LHX
  • Medtronic, Inc. MDT
  • Motorola Solutions, Inc. MSI
  • Net App, Inc. NTAP
  • PPG Industries, Inc. PPG
  • QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. ROK
  • TE Connectivity Limited TEL
  • Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025April 30, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 1, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 2, 2024=◇◇◇
2022April 27, 2023=◇◇◇
2021April 28, 2022=◇◇◇
2020April 29, 2021=◇◇◇

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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322 figures on this page: 316 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
316 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001206774-26-000265
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001206774-26-000148
    2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · 2025 Summary Compensation Table · CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · and 2 more sections
  3. 0001206774-25-000340
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001206774-25-000146
    2024 Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0001206774-24-000544
  6. 0001206774-24-000283
    2023 Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0001206774-23-000647
  8. 0001206774-23-000387
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001206774-22-001297
  10. 0001206774-21-001305
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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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}
}