executive vice president chief partner officer · STARBUCKS CORP (SBUX)

Sara Kelly

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Sara Kelly as a named executive officer of STARBUCKS; 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.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$9,407,806

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

Sara Kelly compensation by year

STARBUCKS Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as STARBUCKS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$664,424
Bonus$0
Stock awards$8,255,917
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$364,298
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$123,167
Total$9,407,806

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: STARBUCKS CORP DEF 14A filed January 26, 2026, accession 0001213900-26-007780, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU63,648$5,269,418—
PSU63,648$5,269,418—
RSU10,367$858,284—
RSU7,437$615,709—
RSU5,821$481,921—
RSU5,451$451,288—
RSU5,005$414,364—
RSU3,888$321,888—
PSU3,888$321,888—
PSU3,713$307,358—
RSU3,713$307,358—
RSU1,272$105,309—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in STARBUCKS CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it. The 12 largest of 13 award rows shown.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 26, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-15Tax withholding—1,453.7$96.5856,352.6
2026-06-15Tax withholding—315.82$101.5957,567.02
2026-04-29Sale10b5-12,000$105.0057,652.84
2026-03-05Sale10b5-12,500$97.1259,608.55

The 4 most recent of 4 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 →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments STARBUCKS discloses, by trigger · FY2023
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$4,216,085—$4,216,085
Change in control and involuntary termination$2,796,082$4,216,085$37,620$7,074,787
Disability—$4,216,085—$4,216,085
Involuntary termination without cause$2,238,819$0$37,620$2,301,439
Change in control, no termination$0$4,216,085$0$4,216,085

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in STARBUCKS CORP's FY2023 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

STARBUCKS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Brian Niccolchairman and chief executive officer$30,992,773
Cathy Smithexecutive vice president chief financial officer$15,766,023
Brady Brewerchief executive officer, Starbucks International$10,947,811
Sara Kelly · this pageexecutive vice president chief partner officer$9,407,806
Mike Gramsexecutive vice president chief operating officer$8,666,624
Rachel Ruggeriformer executive vice president chief financial officer$6,782,716
Val Bauduinformer interim chief financial officer$1,983,600

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How this record is built

Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are STARBUCKS's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.

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