Colgate Palmolive (CL) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Noel Wallace, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $16.5M in 2025, down 10% from $18.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 276:1, on median employee pay of $59,655.

Filed
March 25, 2026
Annual meeting
May 8, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$16.5M-10% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
276:1median $59,655
CEO pay in equity
70%$11.6M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$16.5MDecrease from prior year
CEO Pay Ratio
276:1Based on median employee pay of $59,655
Incentive Pay Proportion
75%-90%Of target direct compensation
Shane Grant Sign-On Bonus
$1,000,000Paid upon hire

How Wallace was paid

$16.5M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards49%Option awards22%Non-equity incentive15%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Noel WallaceChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$16,478,196
Stanley J. Sutula IIIChief Financial Officer$5,664,299
Jennifer M. DanielsChief Legal Officer and Secretary$3,770,777
Shane GrantChief Operating Officer, Americas$11,924,112
Panagiotis TsourapasChief Operating Officer, Eur., APac, Afr/Eur, Skin and Global Cust. Dev.$4,079,561

What changed and why

  • $16.5MNoel Wallace received total compensation of $16,478,196 for fiscal 2025, representing a decrease from $18,234,864 in fiscal 2024.
  • 75%Approximately 75% to 90% of target direct compensation for named executive officers was structured as incentive pay.
  • Shane Grant joined the Company as Chief Operating Officer, Americas in June 2025.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.