Board of directors (14)
Directors with a Section 16 filing in the last 13 months. “Since” is the first filing as a director; SEC data sets start in 2016.
Executive officers (16)
Company facts
- Chair
- Stephen J. Squeri
- In S&P 500 since
- Jun 1976
- Incorporated in
- NY
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- SEC industry
- Finance Services
- SEC filings
- EDGAR
Connections to other S&P 500 companies
Current directors and officers who also hold a role at another S&P 500 company.
Major holders (5% or more)
Latest Schedule 13D/13G filing per holder. Holders that reported falling below 5% are not shown. Index funds usually report once a year.
No 5% holder filings parsed yet for this company.
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales reported on Form 4. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Stephen J. Squeri Chairman and CEO | Sale | 7,851 | $330.52 | $2.6M |
| Nov 4, 2026 | Stephen J. Squeri Chairman and CEO | Sale | 85,245 | $331.64 | $28.3M |
| Nov 4, 2026 | Stephen J. Squeri Chairman and CEO | Sale | 200,791 | $332.42 | $66.7M |
| Nov 4, 2026 | Stephen J. Squeri Chairman and CEO | Sale | 5,514 | $332.98 | $1.8M |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Laureen Seeger Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 69,860 | $328.17 | $22.9M |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Anna Marrs Group Pres., GMNS | Sale | 14,630 | $326.63 | $4.8M |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Anna Marrs Group Pres., GMNS | Sale | 16,833 | $327.25 | $5.5M |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Anna Marrs Group Pres., GMNS | Sale | 13,447 | $327.77 | $4.4M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Monique Herena Chief Colleague Exp. Officer | Sale | 8,811 | $337.41 | $3.0M |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Glenda G. McNeal Chief Partner Officer | Sale | 7,033 | $339.36 | $2.4M |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 16 | $301.27 | $5K |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Quinn Jessica Lieberman EVP - Controller | Sale | 3,032 | $300.02 | $910K |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 24 | $309.85 | $7K |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 3,348 | $341.95 | $1.1M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 4,977 | $341.14 | $1.7M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 2,840 | $340.03 | $966K |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 2,835 | $338.98 | $961K |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Howard Grosfield Group Pres., U.S. Cons. Serv. | Sale | 8,134 | $346.73 | $2.8M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Ravikumar Radhakrishnan Chief Information Officer | Sale | 8,362 | $356.14 | $3.0M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Ravikumar Radhakrishnan Chief Information Officer | Sale | 6,638 | $357.13 | $2.4M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Laureen Seeger Chief Legal Officer | Sale | 12,737 | $360.99 | $4.6M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Denise Pickett Pres., Enterprise Shared Serv. | Sale | 23,385 | $356.91 | $8.3M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Anna Marrs Group Pres., GMNS | Sale | 27,425 | $350.01 | $9.6M |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Raymond Joabar Grp. Pres., Global Comm. Serv. | Sale | 1,400 | $384.93 | $539K |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Elizabeth Rutledge Chief Marketing Officer | Sale | 1,083 | $356.94 | $387K |
Board and executive changes
Every 8-K with Item 5.02 (departure, election or appointment of directors and officers). The text is the first paragraph of the item.
- Sep 29, 2025
(b) On September 29, 2025, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Douglas E. Buckminster will be retiring after a distinguished career with American Express. Mr. Buckminster will remain in his role as Vice Chairman until his retirement from the Company in March 2026. A copy of the Company’s newsroom post announcing the retirement of Mr. Buckminster is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Read the 8-K filing - Jul 23, 2025
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Randal K. Quarles and Noel Wallace as directors of the Company, effective July 23, 2025. Mr. Quarles will serve as a member of the Board’s Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee and Risk Committee and Mr. Wallace will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Compensation and Benefits Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Messrs. Quarles and Wallace is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Messrs.
Read the 8-K filing - Mar 3, 2025
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Michael J. Angelakis as a director of the Company, effective March 3, 2025. Mr. Angelakis will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee and Nominating, Governance and Public Responsibility Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Angelakis is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Angelakis and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.
Read the 8-K filing - Jan 30, 2025
(b) On January 30, 2025, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Anré Williams, Group President, Enterprise Services, will be leaving American Express after a distinguished 35-year career with the Company. Mr. Williams will cease serving in his role as Group President effective February 3, 2025, and will remain with the Company as Senior Executive Advisor until November 2025. A copy of the Company’s newsroom post regarding Mr. Williams and other organizational changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Read the 8-K filing - May 8, 2024
(e) On May 6, 2024, American Express Company (the “Company”) held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Second Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of common shares of the Company available for issuance under the Plan by 15 million shares and extend the expiration date of the Plan to May 6, 2034. For a description of the principal terms of the Plan, see “Item 4: Approval of the Second Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan” in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 15, 2024 for the Annual Meeting, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
Read the 8-K filing - Jul 28, 2023
(e) On July 25, 2023, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) approved the following compensation for Christophe Le Caillec in connection with his previously announced appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 14, 2023: an annual base salary of $750,000; eligibility to earn an annual cash incentive award under the Company’s Annual Incentive Award program with a target of $2.35 million (which target amount will be pro-rated for 2023); and eligibility, beginning in 2024, to earn an annual long-term incentive award with a value of $4.4 million on the date of grant, consisting of performance restricted stock units ($3,520,000) and stock options ($880,000) under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan. -2-
Read the 8-K filing - Jun 27, 2023
(b) On June 27, 2023, American Express Company (“American Express” or the “Company”) announced that Jeffrey C. Campbell will be retiring after a distinguished career with American Express and as a public company CFO. Mr. Campbell will remain in his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company until August 14, 2023 and as Vice Chairman until his retirement from the Company in March 2024. (c) On June 27, 2023, the Company also announced the appointment of Christophe Le Caillec as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 14, 2023. Mr. Le Caillec, age 57, has been the Company’s Deputy CFO since December 2021 and has served as the Head of Corporate Planning since February 2019. Prior thereto, Mr. Le Caillec was the Business CFO for the Global Consumer Services Group from May 2016 to February 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the retirement of Mr.
Read the 8-K filing - Dec 8, 2022
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Deborah Platt Majoras as a director of the Company, effective December 7, 2022. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Majoras is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms. Majoras and members of her immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to her election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time. These may include ordinary course merchant relationships pursuant to which these companies accept the Company’s credit and charge cards and pay the Company fees when their customers use these cards.
Read the 8-K filing - Nov 2, 2022
(e) On October 31, 2022, the Compensation and Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of American Express Company (“American Express” or the “Company”) approved a special grant of performance-based, non-qualified stock options under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan to each of the following “named executive officers” of the Company (as determined by reference to the Company’s proxy statement in respect of its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders): Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with a grant date fair value of $15.0 million; Anré D. Williams, Group President, Enterprise Services and CEO of American Express National Bank, with a grant date fair value of $4.5 million; and Laureen E. Seeger, Chief Legal Officer, with a grant date fair value of $3.5 million.
Read the 8-K filing - Oct 6, 2022
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Walter Joseph “Jay” Clayton as a director of the Company, effective October 5, 2022. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Clayton is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Clayton and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time. These may include ordinary course merchant relationships pursuant to which these companies accept the Company’s credit and charge cards and pay the Company fees when their customers use these cards.
Read the 8-K filing - Apr 28, 2021
On April 28, 2021, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Anré Williams, age 55, as Group President, Enterprise Services, effective immediately. As Group President, Enterprise Services, Mr. Williams will oversee Technology, Enterprise Data and Analytics, Global Services and Travel & Lifestyle Services, and a newly created Strategic Enterprise Initiatives group, as well as be the Chief Executive Officer of American Express National Bank. Prior to his appointment as Group President, Enterprise Services, Mr. Williams served as Group President, Global Merchant and Network Services since February 2018. Prior thereto, he had been President of Global Merchant Services and Loyalty since October 2015. The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase to Mr.
Read the 8-K filing - Mar 9, 2021
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) has elected Lisa W. Wardell as a director of the Company, effective March 8, 2021. Ms. Wardell will serve as a member of the Board’s Risk Committee. Ms. Wardell will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Wardell is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.
Read the 8-K filing - Jan 27, 2021
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) has elected Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. as a director of the Company, effective January 27, 2021. Mr. Baltimore will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Baltimore is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr.
Read the 8-K filing - Oct 26, 2020
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Charles Phillips as a director of the Company, effective December 1, 2020. Mr. Phillips will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Phillips is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr.
Read the 8-K filing - May 7, 2020
(e) On May 5, 2020, American Express Company (the “Company”) held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated American Express Company 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) to, among other things, increase the number of common shares of the Company available for issuance under the Plan by 7 million shares. In addition, provisions related to the qualified performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which was repealed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, were eliminated.
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- Feb 7, 2020
(b)(c) On February 7, 2020, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Richard Petrino, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, will become the Chief Operating Officer of American Express National Bank and that Jessica Lieberman Quinn, age 47, has been appointed Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, each effective as of the business day following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. Ms. Lieberman Quinn has served as the Business Chief Financial Officer for Global Commercial Services since February 2019 and prior thereto was Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning & Analysis since 2014. A copy of the press release announcing these organizational changes is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Read the 8-K filing - Jan 29, 2020
(d) The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Karen Parkhill as a director of the Company, effective January 29, 2020. Ms. Parkhill will serve as a member of the Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee. Ms. Parkhill will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Parkhill is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.
Read the 8-K filing - Dec 17, 2019
(d) On December 11, 2019, the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Lynn A. Pike as a director of the Company, effective January 1, 2020. Ms. Pike will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2019. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Ms. Pike is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Ms.
Read the 8-K filing - Jan 25, 2019
(e) On January 22, 2019, the Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of Directors approved an increase in the target value of the annual long-term incentive awards eligible to be earned by Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, from $10.2 million to $12.2 million. Mr. Squeri's base salary and annual cash incentive award target remain unchanged. On January 22, 2019, the Compensation and Benefits Committee also approved an increase to the annual base salary (effective March 1, 2019) of Douglas E. Buckminster, Group President, Global Consumer Services, from $900,000 per annum to $1,000,000 per annum. In addition, Mr. Buckminster will be eligible to earn an annual cash incentive award of $3.7 million and annual long-term incentive awards consisting of performance restricted stock units and stock options with a target value of $4.8 million. -2-
Read the 8-K filing - Mar 28, 2018
(b)(c) On March 28, 2018, American Express Company (the "Company") announced the appointment of Richard Petrino, age 50, as Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Petrino has served as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Operational Risk and Oversight since May 2016 and prior thereto was Senior Vice President, Head of Global Capital Markets and Basel Program from 2014 to 2016 and Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning & Investor Relations from 2007 to 2014. Prior to joining the Company in 1996, Mr. Petrino worked for CS First Boston and KPMG, where he was a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Petrino will assume the position of Principal Accounting Officer from David Fabricant, who has been the Acting Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr.
Read the 8-K filing - Mar 13, 2018
(d) The Board of Directors of the American Express Company (the “Company”) elected Christopher D. Youn g, CEO of McAfee, LLC, a s a director of the Company effective March 13, 2018. Mr. Young will serve as a member of the Board’s Innovation and Technology Committee and Risk Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Young is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Young is a director, employee and/or has equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.
Read the 8-K filing - Mar 1, 2018
(b)(c) On February 28, 2018, American Express Company (the “Company”) announced that Linda Zukauckas, Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company will become the Executive Vice President, Business CFO Group and Deputy Chief Financial Officer and David Fabricant, age 47, will assume the position of Acting Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, each effective March 19, 2018. Mr. Fabricant has been Senior Vice President, Controllership since March 2017 and prior thereto led several controllership teams since joining the Company in 2011. -1-
Read the 8-K filing - Jan 24, 2017
(d) On January 24, 2017, the Board of Directors of American Express Company (the “Company”) elected John J. Brennan as a director of the Company. Mr. Brennan will serve as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Risk Committee. A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Brennan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Mr. Brennan and members of his immediate family are directors, employees and/or have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into ordinary course business relationships prior to his election as a director of the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course relationships from time to time.
Read the 8-K filing - May 2, 2016
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Annual financials
From the company's 10-K XBRL data (SEC companyfacts).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin | Diluted EPS | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $41.3B | $10.8B | 26.2% | $15.38 | $300.1B |
| FY2024 | $38.8B | $10.1B | 26.1% | $14.01 | $271.5B |
| FY2023 | $37.2B | $8.4B | 22.5% | $11.21 | $261.1B |
| FY2022 | $34.2B | $7.5B | 22.0% | $9.85 | $228.4B |
| FY2021 | $27.7B | $8.1B | 29.1% | $10.02 | $189.0B |
| FY2020 | $22.0B | $3.1B | 14.3% | $3.77 | $191.0B |
| FY2019 | $28.2B | $6.8B | 24.0% | $7.99 | $198.0B |
| FY2018 | $26.6B | $6.9B | 26.0% | — | $189.0B |
Former directors and officers (28)
People who stopped filing as an insider of this company. “Last filing” is the last Form 3/4/5, an upper bound on when they left.