WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $86.22B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.0
- Dividend yield
- 2.84%
About Williams Companies
Natural Gas Transmission, SIC 4922
Williams is an energy infrastructure enterprise that gathers, treats, processes, transports, and stores natural gas, while also fractionating, transporting, and marketing natural gas liquids. The company’s primary reporting segments comprise Transmission, Power & Gulf; Northeast G&P; West; and Gas & NGL Marketing Services. In addition to handling natural gas and natural gas liquids, Williams operates deepwater crude oil pipelines and offshore production platforms offering centralized separation, compression, and handling services, alongside power infrastructure projects. It serves energy producers, natural gas distribution utilities, power generation facilities, municipalities, direct industrial consumers, and refining and petrochemical companies.
The company operates across eleven supply areas within twenty-four U.S. states and the Gulf of Mexico, maintaining more than 32,000 miles of pipelines, 35 natural gas processing facilities, and 9 fractionation plants. Williams is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and operates additional corporate offices in Houston, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Summary of the business section of Williams Companies's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- Founded
- 1908
- Headquarters
- Tulsa, OK
- Address
- One Williams Ctr 74172
- Phone
- (918) 573-2000
- Website
- www.williams.com
- Employees
- 5,987, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Natural Gas Transmission
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- WMB
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Shares outstanding
- 1.22B, Jul 30, 2026
- Public float
- $67.73B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 2-for-1, Dec 30, 1997; 3-for-2, Dec 31, 1996; 2-for-1, Nov 8, 1993
- SEC CIK
- 107263
- CUSIP
- 969457100
- ISIN
- US9694571004
- LEI
- D71FAKCBLFS2O0RBPG08
- EIN
- 73-0569878
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Chad J. Zamarin | President and CEO, Director | 730,837 |
| Terrance Lane Wilson | SVP & General Counsel | 264,259 |
| Robert R. Wingo | Executive Vice President | 48,343 |
| THOMAS F. McCOY | Senior Vice President | 14,604 |
| Todd J. Rinke | Senior Vice President | 26,055 |
| Payvand Fazel | Senior Vice President | 31,766 |
| Glen G. Jasek | Senior Vice President | 54,101 |
| Eric J. Ormond | Senior Vice President | 38,127 |
| John Dean Porter | EVP & CFO | 198,466 |
| Larry C. Larsen | Executive Vice President & COO | 98,219 |
| Mary A. Hausman | VP Chief Accounting Officer | 17,230 |
| Chad A. Teply | Senior Vice President | 142,443 |
| Debbie L. Pickle | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 125,709 |
| Micheal G. Dunn | Executive Vice President & COO | 714,693 |
| Robb E. Turner | Director | 92,785 |
| Lloyd W. Helms Jr | Director | 2,785 |
| Stephen W. Bergstrom | Director | 198,605 |
| Jesse J. Tyson | Director | 25,343 |
| Richard E. Muncrief | Director | 24,783 |
| Peter A. Ragauss | Director | 75,586 |
| William H. Spence | Director | 79,051 |
| Michael A. Creel | Director | 139,383 |
| Scott D. Sheffield | Director | 76,302 |
| Carri A. Lockhart | Director | 19,388 |
| Rose M. Robeson | Director | 37,852 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Armstrong | $17.92M | $31.82M | $4.89M | $384 | $303 |
| FY2025 Zamarin | $8.68M | $12.45M | $4.89M | $384 | $303 |
| FY2024 Armstrong | – | $44.82M | $4.82M | $335 | $283 |
| FY2024 Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Zamarin | $16.32M | $44.82M | $4.82M | $335 | $283 |
| FY2023 Armstrong | – | $18.48M | $4.89M | $206 | $259 |
| FY2023 Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Zamarin | $17.55M | $18.48M | $4.89M | $206 | $259 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of February 1, 2026, Williams had 5,987 full-time employees located throughout the United States.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings