Chief Operating Officer · AUTOZONE INC (AZO)

Thomas Newbern

A named executive officer of AUTOZONE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,890,499

FY2024: $6,834,557

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 28, 2025 (DEF 14A).

Thomas Newbern compensation by year

AUTOZONE Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AUTOZONE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$593,538$612,923$637,154$790,923$808,462
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$0
Option awards$2,141,205$3,284,813$4,223,223$5,200,028$5,200,014
Non-equity incentive$1,548,600$880,311$539,032$760,982$782,187
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$77,499$112,417$88,184$82,624$99,836
Total$4,360,842$4,890,464$5,487,593$6,834,557$6,890,499

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: AUTOZONE INC DEF 14A filed October 28, 2025, accession 0001104659-25-103210, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$4.4M
$4.9M
$5.5M
$6.8M
$6.9M
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU24,373$72,080,954—
Option1,678—$1651.22
Option4,597—$3129.78
Option2,620—$2205.03
Option6,900—$1139.99
Option8,500—$1060.81
Option3,966—$2549.04

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

AUTOZONE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Philip Daniele IIIPresident and Chief Executive Officer$9,636,414
Jamere JacksonChief Financial Officer$6,892,406
Thomas Newbern · this pageChief Operating Officer$6,890,499
William HackneyExecutive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing & Supply Chain$5,971,086
Kenneth Jaycox Jr.Senior Vice President, Commercial$4,284,498
William Rhodes IIIExecutive Chairman$2,579,419

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