internal
Wendell P. Weeks
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Executive
20 yr
16 reports
Corning Incorporated ·GLW
CEO combines Chairman role with unusually tenured enterprise team
Industrials · Fortune #324 · Functional structure · 56K employees · Corning, New York
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5
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
2.7
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
9 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
100%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$15.6B
Operating income
$2.3B
Net income
$1.6B
Total assets
$31.0B
Shares out
858M
Sourced from Corning Incorporated DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-20 ↗ View on SEC
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CEO combines Chairman role with unusually tenured enterprise team. This page maps Corning’s centralized functional structure, detailing the executive team, reporting lines, leadership analysis, recent changes, and peer comparisons.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Ami Badani joined as Director
Appointed to Board effective October 7, 2025.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI Officer Introduce a Chief AI Officer reporting to the CEO to centralize AI strategy across manufacturing and R&D.
- Separate Chair and CEO Roles Appoint an independent Board Chair, reducing governance concentration while retaining the current CEO.
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The people
Who's running this
5 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
A. Hal Nelson III
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Operations
2 yr
4 reports
internal
Edward A. Schlesinger
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
7 yr
3 reports
internal
Lewis A. Steverson
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Legal & Admin
10 yr
3 reports
internal
John Z. Zhang
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer
Corporate Development
6 yr
2 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 5 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Wendell P. Weeks $25.8M
- Base salary
- $1.69M
- Stock awards
- $11.99M
- Non-equity incentive
- $9.33M
- Pension change
- $2.28M
- Other
- $471K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Edward A. Schlesinger $7.4M
- Base salary
- $779K
- Stock awards
- $2.85M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.38M
- Pension change
- $1.28M
- Other
- $124K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
A. Hal Nelson III $6.8M
- Base salary
- $668K
- Stock awards
- $2.74M
- Non-equity incentive
- $1.94M
- Pension change
- $1.36M
- Other
- $83K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Lewis A. Steverson $9.1M
- Base salary
- $914K
- Stock awards
- $3.61M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.98M
- Pension change
- $1.49M
- Other
- $87K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
John Z. Zhang $8.3M
- Base salary
- $668K
- Stock awards
- $2.74M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.01M
- Pension change
- $1.18M
- Other
- $1.68M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The skin in the game
Beneficial ownership
Insider stock holdings and the company's ownership requirements for executives and directors. Disclosed in the most recent DEF 14A.
Stock ownership requirements
6×CEO base salary
3×NEO base salary
5×Director cash retainer
Stock ownership guidelines require multiples of salary or cash retainer within five years.
The businesses
How Corning Incorporated divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Finance
2K employees
Chief Financial Officer (Edward A. Schlesinger)
Manages financial reporting, capital allocation, treasury, and investor relations.
Operations
35K employees
Chief Operating Officer (A. Hal Nelson III)
Oversees global manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and EHS.
Legal & Administration
1K employees
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer (Lewis A. Steverson)
Handles legal affairs, compliance, governance, and corporate administration.
Corporate Development
300 employees
Chief Corporate Development Officer (John Z. Zhang)
Leads M&A, strategic partnerships, and portfolio strategy.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Corning’s most distinctive structural feature is the combination of Chairman and CEO roles alongside an unusually long‑tenured enterprise leadership team.
Wendell P. Weeks has led the company for two decades, with five direct reports forming a compact executive committee.
The organization is functionally organized rather than product‑P&L driven. Core enterprise functions—finance, operations, legal/administration, and corporate development—report directly to the CEO, while business segments operate within this centralized framework.
This structure supports Corning’s materials‑science model, emphasizing scale manufacturing, capital discipline, and long‑cycle R&D investments over autonomous divisional leadership.
- CEO also serves as Board Chairman
- No divisional CEOs with independent P&L authority
The comparison
How Corning Incorporated stacks up
Compared with diversified industrial peers, Corning operates with a smaller C‑suite and flatter hierarchy. Many peers employ divisional CEOs with P&L authority; Corning instead centralizes decision‑making under functional executives. Peers such as 3M and Honeywell typically maintain larger executive committees and …
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant change was Eric S. Musser’s retirement in September 2025 and the elevation of A. Hal Nelson III as COO.
- new
- departed
- Date not confirmed promotedA. Hal Nelson III Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Promoted to COO effective January 2024.
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-20
- CEO
- Wendell P. Weeks
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 9 yr
Leadership stabilized following COO transition after Musser retirement.
Named executive officers (5)
- Wendell P. Weeks - Chairman, CEO and President since 2005
- Edward A. Schlesinger - EVP and CFO since 2018
- A. Hal Nelson III - EVP and COO since 2024
- Lewis A. Steverson - Vice Chairman, EVP and Chief Legal Officer since 2015
- John Z. Zhang - EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer since 2019
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-03-21
- CEO
- Wendell P. Weeks
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 6
- Avg tenure
- 8.5 yr
COO succession planning underway with Nelson rising.
Named executive officers (5)
- Wendell P. Weeks - Chairman, CEO and President since 2005
- Edward A. Schlesinger - EVP and CFO since 2018
- Eric S. Musser - President and COO since 2019
- Lewis A. Steverson - Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer since 2015
- John Z. Zhang - EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer since 2019
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-03-22
- CEO
- Wendell P. Weeks
- CEO span
- 4
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 8 yr
Lean executive team with combined Chair/CEO role.
Named executive officers (5)
- Wendell P. Weeks - Chairman, CEO and President since 2005
- Edward A. Schlesinger - EVP and CFO since 2018
- Eric S. Musser - President and COO since 2019
- Lewis A. Steverson - Chief Legal Officer since 2015
- John Z. Zhang - Chief Corporate Development Officer since 2019
Year-over-year changes
The primary change was COO succession following Musser’s retirement, with Nelson promoted.
- CEO span: 5 → 5
- C-suite size: 6 → 6
- Avg tenure: 8.5 → 9 yr
- departed Eric S. Musser - President and COO (was President and COO) (DEF 14A filed 2026-03-20)
- promoted A. Hal Nelson III - EVP and COO (was Senior Vice President) (DEF 14A filed 2026-03-20)
Expansion of the executive team reflected increased operational complexity.
- CEO span: 4 → 5
- C-suite size: 5 → 6
- Avg tenure: 8 → 8.5 yr
- promoted A. Hal Nelson III - Senior Vice President (was Vice President) (DEF 14A filed 2025-03-21)
The board
Board of directors
10 directors. 9 of 10 independent (90%). Source: most recent DEF 14A.
Wendell P. Weeks
Chair Inside
Chairman, CEO and President, Corning Incorporated
Also on: Amazon.com
Stephanie A. Burns
Lead Indep. Independent
Retired Chairman and CEO, Dow Corning Corporation
Also on: General Motors
Leslie A. Brun
Independent
Chairman and CEO, Sarr Group, LLC
Pamela J. Craig
Independent
Retired CFO, Accenture plc
Also on: Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil
Robert F. Cummings, Jr.
Independent
Retired Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Independent
Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Also on: Alphabet, General Mills
Thomas D. French
Independent
Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Daniel P. Huttenlocher
Independent
Dean, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Also on: Amazon
Kevin J. Martin
Independent
Vice President, Public Policy, Meta Platforms, Inc.
Ami Badani
Independent
Chief Marketing Officer, Arm Holdings plc
The board, organized
Board committees
5 standing committees. Audit and Compensation must be 100% independent under SEC rules; the rest vary.
Audit Committee
100% independent
- Pamela J. Craig Chair
- Leslie A. Brun
- Thomas D. French
Compensation and Talent Management Committee
100% independent
- Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. Chair
- Stephanie A. Burns
- Kevin J. Martin
Finance Committee
100% independent
- Robert F. Cummings, Jr. Chair
- Leslie A. Brun
- Daniel P. Huttenlocher
- Ami Badani
Information Technology Committee
100% independent
- Daniel P. Huttenlocher Chair
- Pamela J. Craig
- Ami Badani
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
100% independent
- Stephanie A. Burns Chair
- Robert F. Cummings, Jr.
- Kevin J. Martin
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Corning?
Wendell P. Weeks has served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Corning since 2005.
What type of organizational structure does Corning use?
Corning uses a centralized functional structure with enterprise leaders overseeing finance, operations, legal, and corporate development.
How many direct reports does Corning's CEO have?
The CEO has five direct reports, forming a compact executive leadership team.
How has Corning's leadership changed recently?
In 2025, President and COO Eric S. Musser retired, and A. Hal Nelson III now serves as Chief Operating Officer.
Does Corning have a COO?
Yes. A. Hal Nelson III has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2024.
Sources
- Form 8-K, Oct 2025
- DEF 14A Filing, Mar 2026
- Company Proxy Statement, Mar 2024
- SEC EDGAR: Corning Incorporated DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Corning Incorporated 10-K Annual Report
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