Company overview

Business, legal identity, ownership structure and classifications.

What the company does

About

Caterpillar Inc., a global enterprise founded in 1925 and headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois (having previously operated as Caterpillar Tractor Co. until its rebranding in 1986), is a premier manufacturer and vendor of heavy construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas power units, and industrial gas turbines across the world. The company's extensive offerings are organized into several operational divisions: Construction Industries: This segment delivers a broad spectrum of machi

Sector and industry values retain their source labels. A classification provider, taxonomy version and assignment date are not established unless the cited record states them.

Stable business record

Identity and status

Ownership and listing state

Public listing published

Ownership not asserted

The canonical public record includes at least one active security listing.

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Legal name
CATERPILLAR INC
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Jurisdiction
DE
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Sector
Industrials
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Industry
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
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Source-backed public-market identity

Index memberships

Current memberships are attached to a specific security and listing. Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.

S&P 500S&P Dow Jones Indices · NYSE: CATcurrentEvidence
Effective
Mar 4, 1957
Removal
Not stated
Announced
Not stated
Last verified
Sep 2, 2026
Verification
inferred

As of Sep 12, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted.

Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance

Board leadership, management, committees and their disclosed responsibilities.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

10 public records
AR
Andrew R.J. Bonfield

Chief Financial Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
AD
Anthony D. Fassino

Group President

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
BD
Bob De Lange

Group President

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
CM
Christine M. Pambianchi

Chief Human Resources Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
DC
Denise C. Johnson

Group President

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
DR
Derek R. Owens

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
JE
Jason E. Kaiser

Group President

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
Joseph E. Creed portrait
Joseph E. Creed

Chief Executive Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
RM
Rodney M. Shurman

Group President

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026
WE
William E. Schaupp

Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

State
confirmed
Effective
Date not stated
Confidence
94%
Evidence
CAT executive roster sourceMay 3, 2026

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Sep 5, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.

Board roles

11 public records

Disclosure boundary

Governance and independence

Only current, confirmed leadership roles with public evidence are included in the canonical projection.

RecordStatusAuthorityEffective

Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.

Investors & capital

Ownership, funding and dated financial information.

Ownership disclosures retain their reporting dates and source types. Economic ownership, investment discretion and voting authority are distinct. Activism and settlement-dated short interest are not established by holdings or short-sale volume.

Risk & assurance

Disclosed coverage, ratings and assurance scope.

Credit-rating evidence, where published, appears in the Governance and Basis sections with its source and reporting date. Insurance coverage, cyber ratings and assurance reports require their own issuer, scope, date and usage rights. Indemnification does not establish insurance coverage.

Ecosystem

Published relationships and related records.

Connections

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Andrew R.J. Bonfield

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Andrew R.J. Bonfield: Chief Financial Officer

Start not stated → End not stated

Date not established · source reported

Observed: 2026-09-05

  • CAT executive roster source · source URL not published
Andrew R.J. BonfieldAndrew R.J. BonfieldAnthony D. FassinoAnthony D. FassinoBob De LangeBob De LangeChristine M. Pambi…Christine M. PambianchiD. James Umpleby IIID. James Umpleby IIIDavid W. MacLennanDavid W. MacLennanDebra L. Reed-KlagesDebra L. Reed-KlagesDenise C. JohnsonDenise C. JohnsonDerek R. OwensDerek R. OwensGerald JohnsonGerald JohnsonJackie MarksJackie MarksJames C. Fish, Jr.James C. Fish, Jr.Caterpillar Inc.

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Basis

Identifiers, sources and record limitations.

Identifiers

Alpha ID
alpha:company:7fead8ce-496f-40fc-8dc1-e2aa3d988c91
Record version
public-1

Sources

Sources and published information

Alpha canonical company public projection

Supports Company identity, Published leadership, Entity status boundary.

Open source
State
Published
Source type
canonical_identity
Last reviewed
Sep 5, 2026

CATERPILLAR INC Form 10-K (filed 2026-02-13)

Supports Official website.

Open source
State
Published
Source type
SEC filing
Last reviewed
Aug 29, 2026