Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chairman · KROGER CO (KR)

Ronald L. Sargent

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Ronald L. Sargent as a named executive officer of KROGER; the record below is that year, complete. 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

$14,037,608

1st of 7 named executive officers at Kroger by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for KROGER, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Ronald L. Sargent compensation by year

KROGER Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as KROGER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$3,975,806
Stock awards$10,000,077
All other$62,016
Total$14,037,608

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: KROGER CO DEF 14A filed May 13, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-060250, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the KROGER CO filed document, accession 0001104659-26-060250. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 13, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU96,139$6,042,336—
RSU60,515$3,803,368—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed May 13, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-01Grant or award derivative—461.92$57.9469,087.08
2026-07-15Grant or award—7,916$0.00262,914
2026-06-01Grant or award derivative—388.21$61.5268,625.15

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

KROGER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ronald L. Sargent · this pageInterim Chief Executive Officer and Chairman$14,037,608
David KennerleyExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,353,230
Yael CossetExecutive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer$7,228,455
Timothy MassaExecutive Vice President and Associate Experience Officer$6,565,846
Mary Ellen AdcockExecutive Vice President and Chief Merchant & Marketing Officer$6,035,094
Todd FoleyFormer Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer$1,321,645
W. Rodney McMullenFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$843,061

Board service

KROGER board · FY2021–FY2025
Director compensation in US dollars, as KROGER reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$28,647$0$0$0$35,484
FY2024$173,958$198,577$0$0$378,815
FY2023$172,610$198,528——$376,900
FY2021$157,866$186,197——$348,900

Each year as the company reported it in KROGER's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: KROGER pays directors a $105,000 cash retainer and $200,000 in Incentive Shares. As stated in KROGER's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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