Chairman of the Board · TYSON FOODS, INC. (TSN)

John Tyson

A named executive officer of TYSON FOODS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$17,524,853

FY2023: $8,827,012

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

John Tyson compensation by year

TYSON FOODS Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as TYSON FOODS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2025
Salary$1,212,000$1,212,000
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$4,469,093$4,934,847
Option awards$1,500,005$1,500,000
Non-equity incentive$315,000$5,886,120
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$1,330,914$3,991,886
Total$8,827,012$17,524,853

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.

$8.8M
$17.5M
FY23
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU123,102$6,670,897—
RSU92,965$5,037,773—
RSU91,575$4,962,449—
RSU30,775$1,667,697—
RSU24,055$1,303,540—
Option88,261—$48.74
Option107,604—$64.54
Option31,605—$65.52

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 KingPresident and Chief Executive Officer$34,469,569
John Tyson · this pageChairman 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

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