CenterPoint Energy's CEO is Jason Wells, appointed in Jan 2023, has a tenure of 3.42 years. total yearly compensation is $12.09M, comprised of 10.1% salary and 89.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.069% of the company’s shares, worth €17.09M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 2.4 years respectively.
Key information
Jason Wells
Chief executive officer
US$12.1m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
10.15%
CEO tenure
3.4yrs
CEO ownership
0.07%
Management average tenure
3.1yrs
Board average tenure
2.4yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Jason Wells's remuneration changed compared to CenterPoint Energy's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Dec 31 2025
US$12m
US$1m
US$1b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$936m
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$966m
Dec 31 2024
US$9m
US$1m
US$1b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$963m
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$904m
Dec 31 2023
US$7m
US$969k
US$867m
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$797m
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$730m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$803m
Dec 31 2022
US$3m
US$667k
US$1b
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$911m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$849m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$840m
Dec 31 2021
US$3m
US$665k
US$573m
Sep 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$635m
Jun 30 2021
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2021
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2020
US$4m
US$170k
US$307m
Compensation vs Market: Jason's total compensation ($USD12.09M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.92M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jason's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Jason Wells (48 yo)
3.4yrs
Tenure
US$12,092,341
Compensation
Mr. Jason P. Wells C.P.A., serves as Director of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and was its President & CEO. He serves as President and CEO of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. and serves as its Chair...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Jason Wells
President
3.4yrs
US$12.09m
0.069% € 17.1m
Christopher Foster
Executive VP & CFO
3.1yrs
US$4.08m
0.023% € 5.8m
Jesus Soto
Executive VP & COO
less than a year
US$9.13m
no data
Monica Karuturi
Executive VP & General Counsel
5.9yrs
US$4.15m
0.031% € 7.6m
Jason Ryan
Executive Vice President of Regulatory Services & Government Affairs
5.9yrs
US$2.62m
0.030% € 7.3m
Russell Wright
Chief Accounting Officer & VP
less than a year
no data
0.00057% € 140.6k
Ben Vallejo
Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Planning
no data
no data
no data
Carol Helliker
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
no data
no data
no data
Keith Stephens
Senior VP & Chief Communications Officer
1.8yrs
no data
no data
Bertha Villatoro
Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
1.4yrs
no data
no data
Jacqueline Richert
Chief Risk Officer
no data
no data
no data
Tony Gardner
Senior VP & Chief Customer Officer
3.4yrs
no data
no data
3.1yrs
Average Tenure
47.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1CNP's management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Jason Wells
President
2.4yrs
US$12.09m
0.069% € 17.1m
Thaddeus Malik
Independent Director
2.8yrs
US$350.17k
0.0028% € 688.4k
Barbara Duganier
Independent Director
2.2yrs
US$377.10k
0.0022% € 542.8k
Theodore Pound
Independent Director
11.2yrs
US$323.56k
0.0085% € 2.1m
Dean Seavers
Independent Director
1.5yrs
US$359.92k
0.0016% € 389.9k
Christopher Franklin
Lead Independent Director
4.2yrs
US$381.34k
0.0038% € 945.0k
Manuel Miranda
Independent Director
1.2yrs
US$267.16k
0.0013% € 323.2k
Laurie Fitch
Independent Director
1.2yrs
US$317.16k
0.0017% € 429.3k
Wendolynn Cloonan
Independent Director
5.3yrs
US$372.10k
0.0048% € 1.2m
Raquelle Lewis
Independent Director
4.8yrs
US$325.38k
0.0044% € 1.1m
Michael Herman
Independent Director
less than a year
no data
0.00077% € 190.0k
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1CNP's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/17 12:26
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/17 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.