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Fiscal year 2025

Ken Cook — FY2025 total compensation $4,503,440

Ken Cook is Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Wendy's Co. (WEN). The company reported total compensation of $4,503,440 for fiscal year 2025.

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Fiscal year 2025 compensation

Salary$698,178
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,336,232
Option awards$778,748
Non-equity incentive plan$326,700
Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation$0
All other compensation$363,582
Total$4,503,440

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 Wendy's Co. filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-140220.

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Peer context

Peer-group chief executive median$12,990,957
Difference from that median$-8,487,516
Percentile within the disclosed peer group1st
Peers with a disclosed figure13

Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group Wendy's Co. discloses in its own compensation disclosure.

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The other named executive officers of Wendy's Co.

Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kirk TannerFormer President and Chief Executive Officer$4,590,665
Ken Cook this pageInterim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer$4,503,440
E.J. WunschPresident, International$3,956,509
John MinChief Legal Officer and Secretary$3,891,088
Pete SuerkenPresident, U.S.$3,476,162

The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full Wendy's Co. compensation brief.

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The company page

Ken Cook's compensation sits inside Wendy's Co.'s full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.

The Wendy's Co. (WEN) compensation brief