80/100BWaste Management company profile
- CEO
- James C. Fish Jr.
- Employees
- 60,500
- Headquarters
- 800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX 77002, US
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- IPO date
- 22 Jun 1988
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US94106L1098
Website:wm.com
About the company
Waste Management, Inc. (WM) functions as a premier provider of environmental waste solutions across North America, serving a diverse client base that includes residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. The company's core operations involve comprehensive collection services, which include gathering and transporting both waste materials and recyclables from their initial point of generation to designated transfer stations, material recovery facilities (MRFs), or final disposal sites. Waste Management maintains an extensive network of facilities, owning, developing, and operating landfill gas-to-energy plants within the United States, in addition to managing numerous transfer stations. As of December 31, 2021, its substantial infrastructure consisted of 255 solid waste landfills, 5 secure hazardous waste landfills, 96 material recovery facilities, and 340 transfer stations. Beyond primary collection and disposal, WM offers services in materials processing and commodities recycling. This extends to recycling brokerage, where they handle the marketing of recyclable goods for third-party entities, alongside providing various other strategic business solutions. Its service portfolio also encompasses construction and remediation projects, the responsible management of fly ash and other residues generated from coal and fuel combustion, and specialized in-plant services offering full-spectrum waste management consulting. Furthermore, the company delivers tailored disposal solutions for oil and gas exploration and production activities. Originally incorporated in 1987 as USA Waste Services, Inc., the company rebranded to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Houston, Texas.
Employees
Waste Management had about 60,500 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 1.9% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Waste Management
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 83.0% of Waste Management's shares on 30 June 2026, 2,435 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
How Waste Management pays its executives
The chief executive was paid 19.05M USD for fiscal 2025, 78% of it in shares and options.
| Name and position | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Cash incentive | Other pay | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James C. Fish, Jr. Chief Executive Officer David L. Reed EVP and Chief Financial Officer | 1.49M USD | 12.41M USD | 2.40M USD | 2.47M USD | 283.27K USD | 19.05M USD |
| Tara J. Hemmer SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer Rafael E. Carrasco SVP — Enterprise Strategy; President — WM Healthcare Solutions | 930.88K USD | 4.27M USD | 619.98K USD | 1.29M USD | 125.37K USD | 7.24M USD |
| Devina A. Rankin Former EVP and Chief Financial Officer John J. Morris, Jr. President and Chief Operating Officer Tara J. Hemmer SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer Rafael E. Carrasco SVP — Enterprise Strategy; President — WM Healthcare Solutions | 809.97K USD | 2.79M USD | 539.98K USD | 870.69K USD | 64.03K USD | 5.08M USD |
| Devina A. Rankin Former EVP and Chief Financial Officer John J. Morris, Jr. President and Chief Operating Officer | 461.35K USD | 994.99K USD | — | 474.57K USD | 37.93K USD | 1.97M USD |
FY2025 · From the company's proxy statements to the SEC: what each named executive was paid for the fiscal year, shares and options at their value when granted. The latest filing
Common questions about Waste Management
Source: Financial Modeling Prep