Chief Executive Officer · Western Digital Corp. (WDC)

Irving Tan

A named executive officer of Western Digital in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2025 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

$11,534,369

2nd of 9 named executive officers at Western Digital by FY2025 total.

9 named officers on file for Western Digital, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 6, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Irving Tan compensation by year

Western Digital Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Western Digital reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025FY2026
Salary$835,751$1,106,718
Bonus$61,005$0
Stock awards$8,487,926$12,623,995
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,123,138$3,354,939
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$26,549$83,049
Total$11,534,369$17,168,701

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.

How this page was built: the Western Digital Corp. filed document, accession 0001628280-25-044298. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 6, 2025.

$11.5M
$17.2M
FY25
FY26
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU245,294$132,213,466—
PSU183,241$98,766,899—
RSU74,332$40,064,948—
RSU56,762$30,594,718—
RSU52,564$28,331,996—
RSU40,388$21,769,132—
RSU27,763$14,964,257—
RSU3,345$1,802,955—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Western Digital Corp.'s FY2026 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

102 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed October 6, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-20Exercise or conversion derivative—56.76$0.00800.48
2026-09-20Tax withholding—1,091.04$441.36265,612.73
2026-09-20Exercise or conversion—56.76$0.00266,703.76
2026-09-17Grant or award derivative—83.3$0.00857.24
2026-09-01Gift—112,500$0.000
2026-09-01Gift—112,500$0.00112,500
2026-08-31Other—112,500$0.00266,647
2026-08-31Other—112,500$0.00112,500

The 8 most recent of 102 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Western Digital discloses, by trigger · FY2026
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Retirement$0$0$0$0
Change in control, no termination$0$242,519,503$0$242,519,503
Change in control and involuntary termination$5,500,000$242,519,503$36,724$248,056,227
Involuntary termination without cause$3,850,000$70,914,269$24,644$74,788,913
Death$0$98,599,528$0$98,599,528

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Western Digital Corp.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Western Digital’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David GoeckelerFormer Chief Executive Officer$24,931,456
Irving Tan · this pageChief 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

Board service

Western Digital board · FY2025–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: Western Digital pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $240,000 in RSUs. As stated in Western Digital's FY2026 proxy.

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