Corteva (CTVA) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Charles V. Magro, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $17.5M in 2025, up 21% from $14.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 206:1, on median employee pay of $85,012.

Filed
March 19, 2026
Annual meeting
April 28, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$17.5M+21% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
206:1median $85,012
CEO pay in equity
67%$11.7M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
89%of votes cast
CEO Stock Awards
$9,320,078Granted in 2025
CEO Non-Equity Incentive
$3,990,000Earned for 2025 performance
Stockholders Reached
48%Engaged during 2025

How Magro was paid

$17.5M 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.

Salary8%Stock awards53%Option awards13%Non-equity incentive23%All other compensation3%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Charles V. MagroChief Executive Officer$17,499,399
David P. JohnsonEVP, Chief Financial Officer$4,478,638
Samuel R. Eathington, Ph.D.EVP, Chief Technology & Digital Officer$3,772,941
Robert D. KingEVP, Crop Protection Business Unit$3,751,442
Judd M. O'ConnorEVP, Seed Business Unit$3,205,218
Cornel B. FuererFormer SVP, Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer & Secretary$3,559,286

What changed and why

  • $17.5MCEO total compensation increased to $17,499,399 in 2025 from $14,507,058 in 2024.
  • $1.5BCorteva returned more than $1.5 billion to stockholders during 2025 via dividends and share repurchases.
  • 48%Stockholders holding approximately 48 percent of outstanding common stock engaged with Corteva in 2025.
  • 89%Last year say-on-pay proposal received approximately 89 percent support from votes cast.

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.