sp500_executives_annual
Annual CEO identification for each S&P 500 company derived from SEC Form 4 officer filings. Tier A. Grain: one row per (cik, year); CEO resolved as the most-recent filing_date row where is_ceo=TRUE.
tier aTier A: directly from SEC proxy filings. Some companies have fewer than 5 NEOs disclosed.
overview
overview
~2,200 executive-year rows (named executive officers) for S&P 500 companies, 2015–2024.
current vintage — 2024
history — Yes — 2015–2024
provenance
source & licensing
authority
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
dataset
SEC DEF 14A Proxy Statements
license
Public domain (U.S. Federal Government work)
citation
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2025). DEF 14A Proxy Statement filings via EDGAR.
schema
fields
| name | type | definition |
|---|---|---|
| accession_number | string | SEC EDGAR accession number of the DEF 14A filing. |
| ceo_cik | string | SEC CIK of the CEO as reported in the DEF 14A proxy statement. |
| ceo_filing_date | date | Date the DEF 14A proxy was filed with the SEC. |
| ceo_name | string | Full name of the CEO as reported in the proxy statement. |
| ceo_period_of_report | date | Period of report covered by the proxy statement. |
| ceo_title | string | Job title of the CEO (e.g. Chief Executive Officer, President and CEO). |
| cikkey | string | 10-digit zero-padded SEC CIK identifying the company. |
| company_name | string | Company name as registered with SEC EDGAR. |
| country_idkey | string | ISO alpha-2 country code. Always US for S&P 500 members. |
| county_id | string | 5-character FIPS code of the company headquarters county.Joins dim.counties on county_id. |
| state_id | string | 2-char state FIPS of company HQ from SEC submissions. |
| ticker | string | Stock ticker symbol. |
| yearkey | int64 | Fiscal year of the proxy filing. |
relationships
joins
primary key
cik, country_id, year
common joins
sp500_companies on (cik)
sp500_financials on (cik, year)
usage
how to use this table
method
Extracted from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A filings; parsed using structured XML where available.
do not use for
All employees — covers named executive officers (NEOs) only.
last updated · Jul 7, 2026