President and Chief Executive Officer · TYSON FOODS, INC. (TSN)

Donnie King

A named executive officer of TYSON FOODS 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.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$34,469,569

FY2024: $22,773,094

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

7 named officers on file for TYSON FOODS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 17, 2025 (DEF 14A).

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Donnie King compensation by year

TYSON FOODS Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as TYSON FOODS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$577,154$980,462$1,296,615$1,396,615$1,452,385$1,662,000
Bonus$387,550$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$3,758,000$3,669,000$5,125,607$8,193,338$11,676,949$19,684,637
Option awards$0$1,425,000$1,650,008$2,750,006$3,082,531$2,943,752
Non-equity incentive$611,594$2,679,698$3,432,569$436,154$5,996,586$9,401,385
Pension and deferred compensation$515,154$0$0$0$0$0
All other$408,844$245,284$509,698$404,006$564,643$777,795
Total$6,258,296$8,999,444$12,014,497$13,180,119$22,773,094$34,469,569

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: TYSON FOODS, INC. DEF 14A filed December 17, 2025, accession 0000100493-25-000114, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the TYSON FOODS, INC. filed document, accession 0000100493-25-000114. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 17, 2025.

$6.3M
$9.0M
$12.0M
$13.2M
$22.8M
$34.5M
FY19
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
RSU225,687$12,229,979—
RSU182,444$9,886,640—
RSU167,887$9,097,797—
RSU116,207$6,297,257—
RSU80,186$4,345,279—
RSU47,210$2,558,310—
RSU46,556$2,522,870—
RSU40,323$2,185,103—
RSU33,853$1,834,494—
Option57,943—$65.52
Option211,173—$64.54
Option161,812—$48.74

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

TYSON FOODS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Donnie King · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$34,469,569
John TysonChairman of the Board$17,524,853
Devin ColeChief Operating Officer$7,559,414
Brady Stewartformer Group President Beef, Pork and Chief Supply Chain Officer$6,704,899
Wes Morrisformer Group President Poultry$6,623,706
Curt CalawayChief Financial Officer$6,390,658
Adam DeckingerChief Legal & Administrative Officer$5,392,008

Board service

TYSON FOODS board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: TYSON FOODS pays directors a $125,000 cash retainer and $190,000 in equity. As stated in TYSON FOODS's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

Technology Committee

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