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Fiscal year 2025

Joey Wat — FY2025 total compensation $19,591,868

Joey Wat is Chief Executive Officer of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC). The company reported total compensation of $19,591,868 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$1,425,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$9,910,000
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive plan$6,156,000
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$2,100,868
Total$19,591,868

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed, without adjustment.

Cited to the compensation disclosure Yum China Holdings, Inc. filed April 16, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-157856.

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History — every fiscal year held

Fiscal yearRoleSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
FY2025Chief Executive Officer$1,425,000$0$9,910,000$0$6,156,000$0$2,100,868$19,591,868
FY2024Chief Executive Officer$1,425,000$0$10,000,081$0$2,445,300$0$351,696$14,222,077
FY2023Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer$1,425,000$0$10,000,132$0$4,916,250$0$3,994,410$20,335,792
FY2022Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer$1,418,750$0$6,035,116$3,250,011$4,788,000$0$401,002$15,892,879
FY2021Chief Executive Officer$1,341,667$0$5,703,920$3,000,004$3,607,246$2,902,835$16,555,672
FY2020Chief Executive Officer$1,151,083$0$14,500,084$2,500,003$2,502,664$0$517,744$21,171,578
FY2019Chief Executive Officer$1,180,667$0$2,500,031$2,500,012$4,355,208$0$1,634,083$12,170,001

Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for Yum China Holdings, Inc..

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The other named executive officers of Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Joey Wat this pageChief Executive Officer$19,591,868
Warton WangGeneral Manager, KFC$4,136,257
Adrian DingChief Financial Officer$3,308,395
Jeff KuaiGeneral Manager, Pizza Hut$3,016,208
Duoduo (Howard) HuangChief Supply Chain Officer$2,278,529

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Yum China Holdings, Inc. compensation brief.

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The company page

Joey Wat's compensation sits inside Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Yum China Holdings, Inc. (YUMC) compensation brief