General Mills (GIS) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Jeffrey L. Harmening, Chairman of the Board & CEO, was paid $12.5M in 2025, down 22% from $16.1M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 206:1, on median employee pay of $60,655.

Filed
August 11, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$12.5M-22% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
206:1median $60,655
CEO pay in equity
79%$9.9M in awards
CEO target incentive
$2,430,000Fiscal 2025 target award
Free cash flow conversion
97%Fiscal 2025 result
Shareholder returns
$2.5 billionDividends and share repurchases
Net sales
$19.5 billionFiscal 2025 total
HMM cost savings
5%Of cost of goods sold

How Harmening was paid

$12.5M 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.

Salary11%Stock awards58%Option awards21%Non-equity incentive7%Pension and deferred comp2%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Jeffrey L. HarmeningChairman of the Board & CEO$12,492,830
Kofi A. BruceChief Financial Officer$4,728,795
Dana M. McNabbGroup President, North America Retail and North America Pet$4,119,856
Jaime MontemayorChief Digital and Technology Officer$3,252,581
Jonathon J. NudiFormer Group President, North America Pet, International & North America Foodservice$3,952,995

What changed and why

  • $12.5M$12,492,830 was CEO total compensation in 2025, down from $16,056,114 in 2024.
  • $7.3M$7,278,003 of CEO compensation came from stock awards, while $2,608,294 came from option awards.
  • $889K$889,380 was the CEO’s annual incentive compensation earned for fiscal 2025 performance.
  • $60,655206:1 was the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio, based on median employee compensation of $60,655.
  • Five percent of cost of goods sold represented fiscal 2025 Holistic Margin Management cost savings.
  • Fiscal 2025 PSU awards used a three-year performance period tied to fiscal 2025 through 2027.

Other General Mills proxy statements

  • 2026 proxy statement

    Jeffrey L. Harmening paid $14M (+12% on the year), pay ratio 222:1.

    Filed Aug 13, 2026

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.