Former Chief Executive Officer · WESTERN DIGITAL Corp. (WDC)

David Goeckeler

A named executive officer of WESTERN DIGITAL in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2020 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$24,931,456

FY2024: $17,690,772

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 6, 2025 (DEF 14A).

David Goeckeler compensation by year

WESTERN DIGITAL Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WESTERN DIGITAL reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$408,654$1,250,000$1,144,231$1,245,192$804,038
Bonus$3,500,000$0$0$0$2,600,000
Stock awards$31,140,040$12,487,789$9,881,692$12,033,939$20,182,423
Option awards—$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$673,077$3,346,875$0$4,326,875$1,334,195
Pension and deferred compensation—$0$0$0$0
All other$1,605$8,700$5,769$84,766$10,800
Total$35,723,376$17,093,364$11,031,692$17,690,772$24,931,456

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WESTERN DIGITAL Corp. DEF 14A filed October 6, 2025, accession 0001628280-25-044298, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$35.7M
$17.1M
$11.0M
$17.7M
$24.9M
FY20
FY21
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU292,103$18,487,199—
RSU204,218$12,924,957—
RSU150,183$9,505,082—
RSU100,122$6,336,721—
RSU125,726$5,927,981—
RSU85,608$5,418,130—
RSU83,293$3,927,265—
RSU81,076$3,822,733—
RSU39,396$2,493,373—
RSU5,939$375,879—
RSU1,977$93,216—

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

WESTERN DIGITAL’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Goeckeler · this pageFormer Chief Executive Officer$24,931,456
Irving TanChief Executive Officer$11,534,369
Kris SennesaelExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,216,791
Robert SoderberyFormer Executive Vice President and General Manager, Flash Business$8,242,382
Ahmed ShihabChief Product Officer$7,436,766
Wissam JabreFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,038,803
Cynthia TregillisExecutive Vice President Chief Legal Officer and Secretary$4,462,029
Vidyadhara GubbiExecutive Vice President and Chief of Global Operations$4,118,385
Don BennettSenior Vice President, Finance and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer$2,161,294

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