John Sterling compensation by year
DARLING INGREDIENTS Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held| Component | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $500,000 | $550,000 | $565,000 | $601,856 |
| Bonus | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $750,000 | $869,109 | $893,338 | $931,853 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $750,000 | $391,238 | $197,750 | $431,481 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $4,386 | $0 | $4,305 |
| All other | $61,171 | $73,378 | $65,407 | $71,065 |
| Total | $2,061,171 | $1,888,111 | $1,721,575 | $2,040,560 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. DEF 14A filed March 19, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-116042, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-116042. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 19, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 57,813 | $2,176,081 | — |
| RSU | 9,115 | $343,089 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
DARLING INGREDIENTS’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Randall Stuewe | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $9,402,554 |
| Matt Jansen | Former Chief Operating Officer – North America | $3,284,151 |
| Jan van der Velden | Executive Vice President – International Rendering and Specialties | $2,728,309 |
| Robert Day | Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer | $2,435,507 |
| Carlos Paz | Executive Vice President – Renewables, North American Specialty and Global Risk Management | $2,325,896 |
| John Sterling · this page | Former Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Secretary | $2,040,560 |
| Brad Phillips | Former Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer | $527,235 |
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