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

W. Rodney McMullen

A named executive officer of KROGER in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$843,061

FY2024: $15,631,028

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed May 13, 2026 (DEF 14A).

W. Rodney McMullen compensation by year

KROGER Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as KROGER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,388,495$1,422,581$1,433,913$124,314
Bonus$10,367,639$0$0—
Stock awards$2,299,636$10,000,038$10,600,023—
Option awards$4,130,769$2,500,632$2,649,569—
Non-equity incentive$175,750$672,560$0—
Pension and deferred compensation$0$193,388$206,800$562,587
All other$847,554$921,373$740,723$156,160
Total$19,209,843$15,710,572$15,631,028$843,061

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.

$19.2M
$15.7M
$15.6M
$843K
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments KROGER discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause—$0—$655,481
Disability—$20,525,042—$21,180,523
Death—$20,525,042—$23,180,523
Change in control, no termination—$0—$655,481
Voluntary resignation—$20,525,042—$21,180,523
Change in control and involuntary termination$8,700,000$23,962,811$53,437$33,371,729

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in KROGER CO's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

KROGER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Ronald L. SargentInterim 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 McMullen · this pageFormer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer$843,061

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