Nicholas Lahanas is Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENTA). The company reported total compensation of $1,905,762 for fiscal year 2025.
| Salary | $893,365 |
|---|---|
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $1,000,022 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive plan | $0 |
| Pension and non-qualified deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other compensation | $12,375 |
| Total | $1,905,762 |
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 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO filed December 22, 2025, accession 0001140361-25-046376.
| Fiscal year | Role | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer | $893,365 | $0 | $1,000,022 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12,375 | $1,905,762 |
| FY2024 | Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer | $522,568 | $0 | $396,971 | $0 | $245,000 | $0 | $11,746 | $1,176,285 |
| FY2023 | Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer | $508,669 | $0 | $249,998 | $0 | $222,000 | $0 | $11,685 | $992,352 |
Totals as disclosed in each year's own compensation disclosure for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO.
| Peer-group chief executive median | $10,935,216 |
|---|---|
| Difference from that median | $-9,029,454 |
| Percentile within the disclosed peer group | 1st |
| Peers with a disclosed figure | 9 |
Medians and percentiles are computed across the peer group CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO discloses in its own compensation disclosure.
| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| John Hanson | President, Pet Consumer Products | $2,059,747 |
| Nicholas Lahanas this page | Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer | $1,905,762 |
| William Brown | Chairman of the Board of Directors | $1,535,298 |
| John Walker | President, Garden Consumer Products | $858,935 |
| Bradley Smith | Chief Financial Officer | $736,037 |
The company's named executive officers for fiscal year 2025, and what it reported for each. See the full CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO compensation brief.
Nicholas Lahanas's compensation sits inside CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO's full executive and board picture — the peer group, pay against peers, incentive design and the board itself.