Kinder Morgan (KMI) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Kimberly A. Dang, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $12.3M in 2025, up 7% from $11.5M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 91:1, on median employee pay of $135,175.

Filed
April 2, 2026
Annual meeting
May 13, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$12.3M+7% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
91:1median $135,175
CEO pay in equity
95%$11.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
95%of votes cast
CEO Stock Awards
$11,750,027Granted in 2025
CFO Total Compensation
$3,922,147David P. Michels
Say-on-Pay Approval
95%At 2025 annual meeting
Median Employee Pay
$135,175Annual total compensation

How Dang was paid

$12.3M 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.

Salary4%Stock awards95%Pension and deferred comp0%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Kimberly A. DangChief Executive Officer$12,331,566
David P. MichelsVice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,922,147
Dax A. SandersExecutive Vice President$4,233,227
Sital K. ModyVice President (President, Natural Gas Pipelines)$4,136,088
John W. SchlosserVice President (President, Terminals)$3,774,800

What changed and why

  • 523077 dollars is the base salary for all named executive officers in 2025.
  • 12331566 dollars is the total compensation for CEO Kimberly A. Dang in 2025, increasing from 11534182 dollars in 2024.
  • 91 to 1 is the ratio of annual total compensation of the CEO to the median employee pay.
  • 11750027 dollars of stock awards were granted to CEO Kimberly A. Dang in 2025.
  • 95%95 percent of votes cast approved the say-on-pay proposal at the 2025 annual meeting.

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.