Altria Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Altria Group's CEO is Billy Gifford, appointed in Apr 2020, has a tenure of 4.58 years. total yearly compensation is $18.53M, comprised of 7.3% salary and 92.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.019% of the company’s shares, worth ARS18.88B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.2 years and 4.4 years respectively.

Key information

Billy Gifford

Chief executive officer

US$18.5m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	7.3%
CEO tenure	4.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.02%
Management average tenure	4.2yrs
Board average tenure	4.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Billy Gifford's remuneration changed compared to Altria Group's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$10b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$10b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$8b
Dec 31 2023	US$19m	US$1m	US$8b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$9b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$7b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Dec 31 2022	US$16m	US$1m	US$6b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Dec 31 2021	US$13m	US$1m	US$2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$5b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Dec 31 2020	US$12m	US$1m	US$4b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$726m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$922m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$868m
Dec 31 2019	US$9m	US$872k	-US$1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$6b
Dec 31 2018	US$8m	US$820k	US$7b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$11b
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$11b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$11b
Dec 31 2017	US$5m	US$666k	US$10b

Compensation vs Market: Billy's total compensation ($USD18.53M) is above average for companies of similar size in the AR market ($USD5.73M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Billy's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Billy Gifford (54 yo)

4.6yrs

Tenure

US$18,528,628

Compensation

Mr. William F. Gifford, Jr., also known as Billy, serves as Chief Executive Officer at Altria Group, Inc. since April 16, 2020 and serves as its Director since 2020. He served as Chief Financial Officer of...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
William Gifford	CEO & Director	4.6yrs	US$18.53m	0.019% ARS 18.9b
Salvatore Mancuso	Executive VP & CFO	4.6yrs	US$6.24m	0.0079% ARS 7.6b
Jody Begley	Executive VP & COO	4.2yrs	US$6.32m	0.012% ARS 11.6b
Heather Newman	Senior VP and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer	4.8yrs	US$4.39m	0.0027% ARS 2.6b
Charles Whitaker	Senior VP	no data	US$3.79m	0.0062% ARS 6.0b
Mac Livingston	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Robert McCarter	Executive VP & General Counsel	less than a year	no data	0.00045% ARS 435.9m
Jennifer Hunter	Senior VP of Corporate Citizenship & Chief Sustainability Officer - Altria Client Services LLC	no data	no data	no data
Shannon Leistra	President & CEO of NJOY	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Paige Magness	Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs - Altria Client Services LLC	6.2yrs	no data	no data
Kenya Blake	MD & GM of Horizon Innovations	4.2yrs	no data	no data
Olivier Houpert	Chief Innovation & Product Officer for Altria Client Services LLC	2.8yrs	no data	no data

4.2yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: MO's management team is considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
William Gifford	CEO & Director	4.8yrs	US$18.53m	0.019% ARS 18.9b
Kathryn A. McQuade	Independent Chairman	12.8yrs	US$575.02k	0.00018% ARS 174.4m
Debra Kelly-Ennis	Independent Director	11.8yrs	US$323.48k	0% ARS 0
Mario Yzaguirre	Independent Director	2.5yrs	US$315.03k	0% ARS 0
George Munoz	Independent Director	20.1yrs	US$325.03k	0.0054% ARS 5.2b
Virginia Shanks	Independent Director	7.5yrs	US$335.03k	0.0014% ARS 1.4b
Marjorie Connelly	Independent Director	3.1yrs	US$354.84k	0% ARS 0
Ellen Strahlman	Independent Director	4yrs	US$300.03k	0.00012% ARS 116.2m
Ian L. Clarke	Independent Director	2.5yrs	US$300.03k	0.00019% ARS 184.1m
R. Davis	Independent Director	3.1yrs	US$330.03k	0.00073% ARS 707.2m

4.4yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: MO's board of directors are considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).

Altria Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of Jacinto J. Hernandez from Board of Directors

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, Effective April 1, 2024

Altria Group, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Altria Group, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Altria Group, Inc. Approves Board Appointments

Recent updates

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 31, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend, Payable on October 10, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. Announces PMTA Submission for On!PLUS Nicotine Pouches

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on July 10, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Apr 25, 2024

Altria Group Plans to Sell 35 Million AB InBev Shares

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of Jacinto J. Hernandez from Board of Directors

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, Effective April 1, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) announces an Equity Buyback for $1,000 million worth of its shares.

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 01, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 10, 2024

Altria Group, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Altria Group, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 16, 2024

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 26, 2023

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on October 10, 2023

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) completed the acquisition of NJOY Holdings, Inc. from Mudrick Capital Management, L.P., Homewood Capital, LLC and others.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) completed the acquisition of NJOY Holdings, Inc. from Mudrick Capital Management, L.P., Homewood Capital, LLC and others.

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on July 10, 2023

Wagstaff & Cartmell Clients Resolve Major Litigation Against Altria Group

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) announces an Equity Buyback for $1,000 million worth of its shares.

JUUL Labs Reportedly in Deal Talks with Three Tobacco Giants

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 01, 2023

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 10, 2023

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on October 11, 2022

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Jul 28, 2022

Altria Group, Inc.(NYSE:MO) dropped from Russell 1000 Growth-Defensive Index

Altria Group, Inc. Approves Board Appointments

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable July 11, 2022

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on April 29, 2022

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of Dinyar S. Devitre from Board of Directors

Altria Group, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on July 9, 2021

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) acquired remaining 20% interest in Global business of Burger Sohne.

Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) acquired an unknown stake in Helix Innovations LLC.

Altria Group, Inc.(NYSE:MO) dropped from Russell Top 50 Index

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Jan 28, 2021

Altria Group, Inc. Names Ellen R. Strahlman to the Board of Directors on November 2, 2020

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Oct 30, 2020

Altria Group, Inc. Announces Retirement of John T. Casteen as Board of Director

Altria Group, Inc. to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Jul 28, 2020

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