Former Chief Executive Officer · YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM)

David Gibbs

A named executive officer of YUM! Brands in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$20,861,526

FY2024: $24,706,462

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A).

David Gibbs compensation by year

YUM! Brands Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as YUM! Brands reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$984,615$303,077$1,200,000$1,284,615$1,300,000$1,300,000$1,380,769
Bonus$0$1,404,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$7,393,577$4,646,430$10,936,620$8,938,377$9,096,602$9,492,144$12,459,226
Option awards$2,225,003$3,500,016$5,000,003$2,825,012$2,875,016$3,000,023$3,750,012
Non-equity incentive$2,399,800$0$5,405,400$3,030,300$4,712,500$1,773,200$3,024,000
Pension and deferred compensation$3,988,755$4,517,703$4,789,314$367,990$2,999,005$8,869,045$0
All other$151,402$260,225$247,322$225,360$255,832$272,050$247,519
Total$17,143,152$14,631,451$27,578,659$16,671,654$21,238,955$24,706,462$20,861,526

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: YUM! Brands, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-142078, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$17.1M
$14.6M
$27.6M
$16.7M
$21.2M
$24.7M
$20.9M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU95,033$14,376,592—
RSU109,834$11,911,171—
RSU62,421$9,344,630—
RSU60,234$9,112,200—
SAR79,450—$130.27
SAR48,029—$131.31
SAR107,082—$148.15
SAR26,511—$122.07

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

YUM! Brands’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Gibbs · this pageFormer Chief Executive Officer$20,861,526
Sean TresvantChief Executive Officer of Taco Bell Division and YUM Chief Consumer Officer$12,803,613
Tracy SkeansChief Operating Officer and Chief People and Culture Officer$12,415,871
Chris TurnerChief Executive Officer$9,130,462
Aaron PowellChief Executive Officer of Pizza Hut Division$5,897,421
Ranjith RoyChief Financial Officer$3,201,104

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How this record is built

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