Mary Barra
The first woman to lead a major global automaker, guiding General Motors through its bet on electric vehicles.
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Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- Most of Barra's pay is performance stock plus a cash incentive on a steady base salary.
- FY2024 was the highest CEO pay among the Detroit automakers.
Worth knowing
GM’s Mary Barra started at the company at 18 as a co-op student, inspecting fender panels to help pay for her engineering degree. Decades later she became the first woman to run a major global automaker.
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Compensation breakdown
DEF 14AThe highest CEO pay among the Detroit Three for the year. Source: General Motors 2025 Proxy (FY2024) →
Compensation history
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