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Autonation (AN): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$34,391,069CEO Michael Manley · source
Say-on-pay support94.43%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers99th pct.Of 6 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio486:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $13,588,817FY2023
  • $15,928,029FY2024
  • $34,391,069FY2025

CEO total pay was $34,391,069 in fiscal 2025, up from $15,928,029 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,425,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $28,064,546 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Autonation, Inc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Michael Manley (Chief Executive Officer and Director) was the highest-paid executive at Autonation, Inc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $34,391,069.
How does Autonation, Inc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Michael Manley's total compensation ranked at the 99th percentile of Autonation, Inc's disclosed peer group.
What is Autonation, Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Autonation, Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 486:1.
How did shareholders vote on Autonation, Inc's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 94.43% of shareholders supported Autonation, Inc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Autonation, Inc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Autonation, Inc reported total board compensation of $2,654,272 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Michael Manley$1,425,000$0$28,064,546$0$4,647,956$0$253,567$34,391,069
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Thomas Szlosek852,50002,844,64001,389,8450300,5365,387,521
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Gianluca Camplone804,62502,275,69301,180,558032,9444,293,820
Chief Operating Officer, AutoNation Parts, and Executive Vice President, Business Development
Jeff Parent820,834—1,820,67601,317,085036,6663,995,261
Chief Operating Officer
C. Coleman Edmunds717,10301,592,9920876,869034,9383,221,902
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Michael Manley$34,391,069$15,928,029$13,588,817↑ +18,463,040
Thomas Szlosek5,387,5215,376,3554,149,097↑ +11,166
Gianluca Camplone4,293,8204,043,5634,179,737↑ +250,257
Jeff Parent3,995,2615,199,864—↓ −1,204,603
C. Coleman Edmunds3,221,9023,010,6533,104,299↑ +211,249

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Our executive compensation programs are administered by the Committee. The Committee's fundamental philosophy is to closely link executive compensation with the achievement of performance goals tied to key metrics and to create an owner-oriented culture through our executive compensation programs.

CEO STI target (% of salary)200%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Clawback policyTrue
Anti-hedgingTrue
Anti-pledgingfalse
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Thomas SzlosekPSU2025-03-011,7104,277—8,554$750,100
Michael ManleyRSU2025-03-01——25,430—4,459,913
Thomas SzlosekRSU2025-03-01——5,701—999,841
Jeff ParentPSU2025-03-011,0942,737—5,474480,015
Gianluca CamplonePSU2025-03-011,3683,421—6,842599,975
Michael ManleyPSU2025-03-0126,873134,365—134,36515,376,731
Jeff ParentRSU2025-03-01——3,649—639,962
Gianluca CamploneRSU2025-03-01——4,561—799,908
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU2025-03-01——3,192—559,813
Michael ManleyPSU2025-03-017,62919,073—38,1464,882,879
Michael ManleyPSU2025-03-017,62919,073—38,1463,345,023
C. Coleman EdmundsPSU2025-03-019582,395—4,790420,035
Jeff ParentPSU2025-03-011,0942,737—5,474700,699
Thomas SzlosekPSU2025-03-011,7104,276—8,5521,094,699
Gianluca CamplonePSU2025-03-011,3683,421—6,842875,810
C. Coleman EdmundsPSU2025-03-019582,395—4,790613,144

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Thomas Szlosek$999,841$1,844,799$064.9%
Michael Manley4,459,91323,604,633084.1%
Jeff Parent639,9621,180,714064.9%
Gianluca Camplone799,9081,475,785064.8%
C. Coleman Edmunds559,8131,033,179064.9%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jeff ParentPSU288—$59,466
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU958—197,808
Jeff ParentRSU1,094—225,889
Jeff ParentRSU1,298—268,011
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU1,360—280,813
Gianluca CamploneRSU1,368—282,465
Thomas SzlosekRSU1,710—353,081
Thomas SzlosekRSU1,711—353,287
Gianluca CamplonePSU1,943—401,191
C. Coleman EdmundsPSU2,068—427,001
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU2,456—507,114
Jeff ParentRSU2,631—543,249
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU3,072—634,307
Thomas SzlosekPSU3,194—659,497
Gianluca CamploneRSU3,509—724,538
Jeff ParentRSU3,649—753,446
Thomas SzlosekRSU4,386—905,621
Gianluca CamploneRSU4,561—941,755
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU5,526—1,141,008
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU5,528—1,141,421
Thomas SzlosekRSU5,701—1,177,142
Jeff ParentRSU5,922—1,222,775
C. Coleman EdmundsRSU6,120—1,263,658
Thomas SzlosekRSU6,388—1,318,994
Thomas SzlosekRSU6,390—1,319,407
Michael ManleyPSU6,995—1,444,328
Michael ManleyRSU7,629—1,575,236
Gianluca CamploneRSU7,896—1,630,366
Gianluca CamploneRSU8,742—1,805,048
Gianluca CamploneRSU8,744—1,805,461
Thomas SzlosekRSU9,870—2,037,958
Michael ManleyRSU15,879—3,278,696
Michael ManleyRSU25,430—5,250,786
Michael ManleyRSU26,873—5,548,737
Michael ManleyRSU31,476—6,499,164
Michael ManleyRSU31,478—6,499,577
Michael ManleyRSU35,728—7,377,117
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Rick L. BurdickIndependent · Board Chair$250,000$249,909$0—$0$499,909
David B. EdelsonIndependent · Audit (Chair)75,000249,9090—0324,909
G. Mike MikanIndependent · Compensation (Chair)65,000249,9090—0314,909
Jacqueline A. TravisanoIndependent · Corporate Governance and Nominating (Chair)65,000249,9090—0314,909
Robert R. GruskyIndependent · Corporate Governance and Nominating50,000249,9090—0299,909
Norman K. JenkinsIndependent · Compensation50,000249,9090—0299,909
Lisa Lutoff-PerloIndependent · Audit · Compensation50,000249,9090—0299,909
Claire BennettIndependent · Audit50,000249,9090—0299,909
Michael ManleyEmployee director000000

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$50,000
Annual equity retainer$250,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)25,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline—

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$655,000
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,999,272
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$2,654,272

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Autonation as a peer

Companies that benchmark against AN

10 companies name AN as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses AN in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named AN in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Autonation, Inc names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer’s own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer’s filing. A dash means the peer’s current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Autonation, Inc.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Autonation, Inc2025Michael Manley$1,425,000$28,064,546$0$4,647,956$34,391,069
2Ross Stores, Inc.2025James Conroy1,450,00010,650,10004,233,13017,406,705
3Best Buy Co., Inc.2026Corie Barry1,300,00013,699,94702,185,82017,346,126
4Dollar Tree, Inc.2025Michael Creedon, Jr.1,300,0009,443,15503,166,80014,775,215
5CarMax, Inc.2026William Nash927,2166,024,6955,249,987487,22614,245,563
6AutoZone, Inc.2026Philip Daniele III1,169,23117,8298,276,7631,607,09711,236,964
7Dollar General Corporation2025Todd Vasos1,608,395006,020,1678,163,197

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Autonation, Inc163%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
AutoZone, Inc.105.73%Options 100not disclosedPearl Meyer
Best Buy Co., Inc.84.07%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — total shareholder return (TSR) relative to the S&P 500 Index constituentsnot disclosed
CarMax, Inc.30%PSU 50 · Options 50NoSemler Brossy
Dollar General Corporation182.4%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoPearl Meyer
Dollar Tree, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoMeridian Compensation Partners
Ross Stores, Inc.145.97%not disclosedNoExequity, LLP

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-04-2827,776,1851,616,32320,72794.43%Passed
20252025-04-2332,388,601721,95450,22497.67%Passed
20242024-04-2434,730,203797,40684,91297.52%Passed
20232023-04-1940,559,838587,89478,17298.57%Passed
20202020-04-2276,350,9301,778,26033,71397.68%Passed
20172017-04-1988,417,0061,419,57730,81698.42%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-04-2894.43%a
20252025-04-2397.67%b
20242024-04-2497.52%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “For Proposals 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, abstentions will be counted as present and entitled to vote and will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “For Proposals 2, 3, 4, and 5, abstentions will be counted as present and entitled to vote and will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “For Proposal 4, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as negative votes.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)486 : 1
CEO total compensation$34,391,069
Median employee compensation$70,766
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (50 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Michael Manley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 29. As printed: 34,391,069. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Thomas Szlosek. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 29. As printed: 5,387,521. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Gianluca Camplone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 29. As printed: 4,293,820. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jeff Parent. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 29. As printed: 3,995,261. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, C. Coleman Edmunds. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 29. As printed: 3,221,902. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Szlosek PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Manley RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Szlosek RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeff Parent PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gianluca Camplone PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Manley PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeff Parent RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gianluca Camplone RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, C. Coleman Edmunds RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Manley PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Manley PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, C. Coleman Edmunds PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jeff Parent PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Thomas Szlosek PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Gianluca Camplone PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, C. Coleman Edmunds PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 486 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Rick L. Burdick. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 499,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David B. Edelson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 324,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, G. Mike Mikan. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jacqueline A. Travisano. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 314,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Robert R. Grusky. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 299,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Norman K. Jenkins. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 299,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 299,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Claire Bennett. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 299,909. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Michael Manley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-04-29. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.43% (votes for as printed: 27,776,185). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-04-24. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.67% (votes for as printed: 32,388,601). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-04-25. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.52% (votes for as printed: 34,730,203). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 655,000 + equity 1,999,272 + all other 0 = 2,654,272, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Autonation, Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Autonation, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 34,391,069. View filing ↗
  • Ross Stores, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Ross Stores, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 17,406,705. View filing ↗
  • Best Buy Co., Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Best Buy Co., Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 17,346,126. View filing ↗
  • Dollar Tree, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Dollar Tree, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,775,215. View filing ↗
  • CarMax, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-12. CEO total compensation as printed in CarMax, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 14,245,563. View filing ↗
  • AutoZone, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-10-27. CEO total compensation as printed in AutoZone, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 11,236,964. View filing ↗
  • Dollar General Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Dollar General Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,163,197. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, CarMax, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. CarMax, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ross Stores, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ross Stores, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Dollar Tree, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Dollar Tree, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Best Buy Co., Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Best Buy Co., Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Dollar General Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Dollar General Corporation's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, AutoZone, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. AutoZone, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Autonation, Inc. View filing ↗
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