chairman and chief executive officer · STARBUCKS CORP (SBUX)

Brian Niccol

A named executive officer of STARBUCKS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$30,992,773

FY2024: $95,801,676

1st of 7 named executive officers at Starbucks by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for STARBUCKS, FY2025

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The filing gives the total. STARBUCKS’s full Executive Compensation Report gives every award, the disclosed peer set and what the total leaves out — the pair adds the board’s.

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Brian Niccol compensation by year

STARBUCKS Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as STARBUCKS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$61,538$1,599,998
Bonus$5,000,000$5,000,000
Stock awards$90,291,772$19,881,585
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$30,295$1,971,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$418,071$2,540,190
Total$95,801,676$30,992,773

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: STARBUCKS CORP DEF 14A filed January 26, 2026, accession 0001213900-26-007780, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the STARBUCKS CORP filed document, accession 0001213900-26-007780. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 26, 2026.

$95.8M
$31.0M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU227,187$18,808,812—
PSU204,469$16,927,989—
RSU95,374$7,896,013—
PSU63,648$5,269,418—
PSU35,766$2,961,067—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in STARBUCKS CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 26, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-09Tax withholding—56,267$100.04428,696.95

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

STARBUCKS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Brian Niccol · this pagechairman and chief executive officer$30,992,773
Cathy Smithexecutive vice president chief financial officer$15,766,023
Brady Brewerchief executive officer, Starbucks International$10,947,811
Sara Kellyexecutive vice president chief partner officer$9,407,806
Mike Gramsexecutive vice president chief operating officer$8,666,624
Rachel Ruggeriformer executive vice president chief financial officer$6,782,716
Val Bauduinformer interim chief financial officer$1,983,600

Board service

STARBUCKS board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: STARBUCKS pays directors a $130,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in RSUs. As stated in STARBUCKS's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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