Chief Executive Officer · AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC (AEO)

Jay Schottenstein

A named executive officer of AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2015 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

$12,662,838

FY2024: $14,980,527

1st of 5 named executive officers at American Eagle Outfitters by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 15, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Jay Schottenstein compensation by year

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS Summary Compensation Table · all 11 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,500,000$1,750,000$1,750,000$1,817,308$1,750,000$1,750,000
Bonus$0$0$1,312,500$0$0$1,500,000$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,199,999$3,499,993$2,624,995$4,031,248$4,781,249$4,781,254$4,899,981$5,459,994$5,810,002$6,650,019$6,650,011
Option awards$0$0$875,005$1,343,749$1,593,751$1,593,750$2,100,003$2,340,002$2,490,002$2,850,005$2,850,001
Non-equity incentive$4,371,218$2,362,500$0$3,150,000$0$5,250,000$5,889,423$0$6,360,577$3,368,750$1,071,875
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$147,176$175,098$186,183$211,131$159,284$236,040$226,544$315,330$361,753$340,951
Total$8,071,217$7,509,669$6,487,598$10,211,180$8,086,131$14,784,288$14,875,447$9,776,540$16,793,219$14,980,527$12,662,838

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC DEF 14A filed May 15, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-227158, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC filed document, accession 0001193125-26-227158. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 15, 2026.

$8.1M
$7.5M
$6.5M
$10.2M
$8.1M
$14.8M
$14.9M
$9.8M
$16.8M
$15.0M
$12.7M
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2026 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU340,861$7,945,466—
RSU306,684$7,148,808—
PSU173,722$4,049,452—
RSU155,422$3,622,886—
RSU55,109$1,284,594—
RSU45,767$1,066,821—
Option673,759—$12.65
Option156,309—$13.17
Option179,077—$24.37

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

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Jay Schottenstein · this pageChief Executive Officer$12,662,838
Jennifer FoylePresident, Executive Creative Officer AE and Aerie$7,249,307
Michael MathiasChief Financial Officer$3,096,817
Marisa BaldwinChief Human Resources Officer$1,858,070
Beth HenkeChief Legal Officer$1,222,471

Board service

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS board · FY2021–FY2026

How this board is paid

Company policy: AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS pays directors a $65,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Stock. As stated in AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS's FY2026 proxy.

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How this record is built

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