Brian Niccol
The former Chipotle chief hired to turn Starbucks around in 2024 on one of the richest pay packages ever handed to an incoming CEO.
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Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- About 90% ($90.3M) was a one-time equity grant replacing pay Niccol forfeited by leaving Chipotle.
- Base salary of $61,538 was under 1% of the total, and the package covered only about four months as CEO.
- It is largely non-recurring; future years will look very different.
Quick facts
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14ACovers only ~4 months; a large sign-on equity grant drove the total. Source: Starbucks 2025 Proxy (FY2024) →
Compensation history
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