Principal Financial Group Inc

Principal Financial Group

PFG · NASDAQ

Financial Services

Catalog as of September 15, 2026. Not a live market feed.

Fiscal Year: 2025
Revenue: $15.6B
Assets: $341.4B
SEC filing: DEF 14A
Filed: April 6, 2026

Executive Compensation

Compensation reported for Principal Financial Group’s named executive officers, including salary, stock awards, incentive compensation, other compensation, and total compensation.

Named executive officer compensation
Executive	Position	Salary	Stock Awards	Incentives	Option Awards	Other	Reported total
Deanna D. Strable-Soethout	Chair, President And Chief Executive Officer	$990,769	$8,870,708	$3,091,200	$0	$875,210	$13,827,887
Daniel J. Houston	Former Executive Chairman	$791,154	$4,424,919	$3,085,500	$0	$3,019,458	$11,321,031
Kamal Bhatia	President And Ceo, Principal Asset Management	$551,500	$2,590,039	$4,481,020	$0	$29,492	$7,652,051
Christopher J. Littlefield	President, Retirement Income Solutions	$680,385	$2,496,511	$2,415,200	$0	$291,647	$5,883,743
Amy C. Friedrich	President, Benefits And Protection	$699,769	$2,567,834	$1,455,520	$0	$500,744	$5,223,867
Joel M. Pitz	Chief Financial Officer	$498,846	$789,890	$804,140	$0	$204,000	$2,296,876

Deanna D. Strable-Soethout
Chair, President And Chief Executive Officer
$13.8M
Reported total
Salary
$990,769
Stock awards
$8,870,708
Incentives
$3,091,200
Option awards
$0
Other
$875,210
Daniel J. Houston
Former Executive Chairman
$11.3M
Reported total
Salary
$791,154
Stock awards
$4,424,919
Incentives
$3,085,500
Option awards
$0
Other
$3,019,458
Kamal Bhatia
President And Ceo, Principal Asset Management
$7.7M
Reported total
Salary
$551,500
Stock awards
$2,590,039
Incentives
$4,481,020
Option awards
$0
Other
$29,492
Christopher J. Littlefield
President, Retirement Income Solutions
$5.9M
Reported total
Salary
$680,385
Stock awards
$2,496,511
Incentives
$2,415,200
Option awards
$0
Other
$291,647
Amy C. Friedrich
President, Benefits And Protection
$5.2M
Reported total
Salary
$699,769
Stock awards
$2,567,834
Incentives
$1,455,520
Option awards
$0
Other
$500,744
Joel M. Pitz
Chief Financial Officer
$2.3M
Reported total
Salary
$498,846
Stock awards
$789,890
Incentives
$804,140
Option awards
$0
Other
$204,000

Deanna D. Strable-Soethout

Chair, President And Chief Executive Officer

$13.8M

Reported total · FY2025 · SCT Total as filed

Source: DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table, filed April 6, 2026.

Salary: $991K
Stock Awards: $8.9M
Incentives: $3.1M
Other: $875K

Historical Compensation

Deanna D. Strable-Soethout total compensation, fiscal years 2023–2025.

Year-by-year total compensation
Fiscal Year	Salary	Stock Awards	Total Compensation
2025	$990,769	$8,870,708	$13,827,887
2024	$784,039	$3,905,605	$6,432,610
2023	$720,538	$3,351,666	$6,107,952