Ron Vachris
Costco’s CEO since 2024, who started as a teenage forklift driver at Price Club and rose through four decades of operations to run the warehouse-club giant.
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Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- His fiscal 2025 pay of $13.9 million reflects Costco’s famous restraint: a roughly $1.18 million salary and total pay under $14 million for a company worth several hundred billion dollars. Most of it is performance stock, with a small cash incentive.
Worth knowing
Costco’s CEO Ron Vachris started in 1982 as a part-time forklift driver at Price Club, the warehouse chain Costco later merged with. He spent 40+ years working his way up to the top job.
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Compensation breakdown
DEF 14AHis first full fiscal year as CEO. Classic Costco restraint — total under $14M for a ~$400B+ company. Source: Costco 2026 Proxy (FY2025) →
Compensation history
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