Chief Executive Officer · Shake Shack Inc. (SHAK)

Robert Lynch

A named executive officer of Shake Shack in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,210,818

FY2024: $13,119,865

1st of 3 named executive officers at Shake Shack by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for Shake Shack, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 29, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Robert Lynch compensation by year

Shake Shack Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Shake Shack reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$604,396$1,000,000
Bonus$593,407$0
Stock awards$10,800,213$5,000,161
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,017,785$1,011,750
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$104,064$198,907
Total$13,119,865$7,210,818

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Shake Shack Inc. DEF 14A filed April 29, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-051572, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Shake Shack Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-051572. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 29, 2026.

$13.1M
$7.2M
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU98,998$8,035,668—
RSU41,216$3,345,503—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Shake Shack Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Shake Shack’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Robert Lynch · this pageChief Executive Officer$7,210,818
Katherine FogerteyFormer Chief Financial Officer$1,941,582
Stephanie SentellChief Operations Officer$1,718,346

Board service

Shake Shack board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Shake Shack pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $125,000 in RSUs. As stated in Shake Shack's FY2025 proxy.

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