Former President · BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. (BBBY)

David Nielsen

A named executive officer of BED BATH & BEYOND in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,545,979

FY2024: $4,558,064

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 27, 2026 (DEF 14A).

David Nielsen compensation by year

BED BATH & BEYOND Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BED BATH & BEYOND reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$598,077$866,539$176,539
Bonus$0$0—
Stock awards$1,399,998$3,436,000$1,249,998
Option awards$0$0—
Non-equity incentive—$221,710—
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0—
All other$28,196$33,815$1,119,442
Total$2,026,272$4,558,064$2,545,979

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. DEF 14A filed March 27, 2026, accession 0001140361-26-011489, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$2.0M
$4.6M
$2.5M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU21,522$117,510—

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

BED BATH & BEYOND’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Marcus LemonisChief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman$5,928,963
David Nielsen · this pageFormer President$2,545,979
Adrianne LeePresident and Chief Financial Officer$2,454,322
Alexander ThomasFormer Chief Operating Officer$966,587
Leah PutnamChief Accounting Officer$875,793
Rick LocktonFormer Executive Vice President & Chief Digital, Product and Technology Officer$780,649

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