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Southern Executive Compensation (FY25)

SO · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 15, 2026
344 figures on this page: 338 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Christopher Womack was paid $28,223,562 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company for fiscal 2025, and Womack's total was 18.2% higher than the $23,885,173 reported for fiscal 2024. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 163:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $173,100. For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 95.3% support at the meeting held May 13, 2026. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Ameren, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, CMS Energy and Dominion Energy, among others.
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Christopher Womack
Median of the other named officers
$7,212,073
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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May 13, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Christopher Womack: $23,885,173 → $28,223,562 (18.2% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 154:1 → 163:1 (5.8% higher)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Southern's chief executive and what were they paid?
Christopher Womack was paid $28,223,562 in total compensation as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company for fiscal 2025. Womack's total was 18.2% higher than the $23,885,173 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Southern's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 95.3% support at the meeting held May 13, 2026.
Which companies are in Southern's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Ameren, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, CMS Energy and Dominion Energy, among others. The Peer Group for Relative TSR Metric for 2025-2027 Performance Period includes Alliant Energy, Evergy, Fortis Energy Services, NiSource and Pinnacle West Capital.
What is Southern's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 163:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $173,100.

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
Thomas Fanning
Chairman and CEO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Mark Crosswhite
Former Chairman, President and CEO, Alabama Power
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Christopher Womack
President, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stephen Kuczynski
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Nuclear
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Daniel Tucker
Executive Vice President and CFO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Fanning
Retired Executive Chairman and Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Christopher Womack
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Kimberly Greene
Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Daniel Tucker
Executive Vice President and CFO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stephen Kuczynski
Chairman and CEO, Southern Nuclear
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
James Kerr
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company Gas
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Christopher Womack
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Kimberly Greene
Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Daniel Tucker
Executive Vice President and CFO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
James Kerr
Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company Gas
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stanley Connally
Executive Vice President and COO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Christopher Womack
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
J. Jeffrey Peoples
Chairman, President and CEO, Alabama Power
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Daniel Tucker
Former Executive Vice President and CFO, Southern Company
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Kimberly Greene
Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Stanley Connally
Executive Vice President and COO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
David Poroch
Executive Vice President and CFO, Southern Company
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
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
Chris WomackPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Chris WomackPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Chris WomackRSU◇——◇——◇
Dan TuckerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Dan TuckerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Dan TuckerPSU◇——◇——◇
David PorochRSU◇——◇——◇
David PorochPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
David PorochRSU◇——◇——◇
David PorochPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
David PorochPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jeff PeoplesPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Jeff PeoplesRSU◇——◇——◇
Kim GreenePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Kim GreeneRSU◇——◇——◇
Stan ConnallyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Stan ConnallyRSU◇——◇——◇
Stan ConnallyPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 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
Jeff PeoplesRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
David PorochRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Stan ConnallyRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Dan TuckerRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Kim GreeneRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chris WomackRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
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
Anthony F. Earley, Jr
Lead independent director
◇◇————◇
William G. Smith, Jr
◇◇————◇
John D. Johns
◇◇————◇
Dale E. Klein
◇◇————◇
Lizanne Thomas
◇◇————◇
Janaki Akella
◇◇————◇
David J. Grain
◇◇————◇
David E. Meador
◇◇————◇
Donald M. James
◇◇————◇
Kristine L. Svinicki
◇◇————◇
Shantella E. Cooper
◇◇————◇
James O. Etheredge
◇◇————◇
Henry A. Clark III
◇◇————◇
John M. Turner, Jr
◇◇————◇
Christopher C. Womack 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◇
Equity is delivered as Deferred common stock units.
Stock ownership guideline: 5x annual cash retainer ($600,000)

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Ameren AEE
  • American Electric Power AEP
  • CenterPoint Energy CNP
  • CMS Energy CMS
  • Dominion Energy D
  • DTE Energy DTE
  • Duke Energy DUK
  • Edison International EIX
  • Entergy ETR
  • Eversource Energy ES
  • Exelon EXC
  • FirstEnergy FE
  • NextEra Energy NEE
  • PPL PPL
  • Sempra Energy SRE
  • WEC Energy Group WEC
  • Xcel Energy XEL
Peer Group for Relative TSR Metric for 2025-2027 Performance Period
  • Alliant Energy LNT
  • Evergy EVRG
  • Fortis Energy Services FTS
  • NiSource NI
  • Pinnacle West Capital PNW

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025May 13, 2026=◇◇◇
2024May 21, 2025=◇◇◇
2023May 22, 2024=◇◇◇
2022May 24, 2023=◇◇◇
2021May 25, 2022=◇◇◇
2020May 26, 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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344 figures on this page: 338 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
338 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000092122-26-000040
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0000092122-26-000028
    CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Director Compensation Table · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · and 2 more sections
  3. 0000092122-25-000059
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0000092122-25-000036
    Summary Compensation Table
  5. 0000092122-24-000068
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001308179-24-000515
    Summary Compensation Table
  7. 0000092122-23-000055
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001308179-23-000671
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0000092122-22-000031
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0000092122-21-000051
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Southern discloses

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

AmerenAmerican Electric PowerCenterPoint EnergyCMS EnergyDominion EnergyDTE EnergyDuke EnergyEdison InternationalEntergyEversource EnergyExelonFirstEnergyNextEra EnergyPPLSempra EnergyWEC Energy GroupXcel EnergyAlliant EnergyEvergyNiSourcePinnacle West Capital

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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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