President and Chief Operating Officer · Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN)

William Mudd

A named executive officer of Churchill Downs in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 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

$7,209,486

FY2024: $6,462,898

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Churchill Downs by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Churchill Downs, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 12, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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William Mudd compensation by year

Churchill Downs Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Churchill Downs reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$612,692$642,269$726,923$942,307$1,025,337$1,100,000$1,100,000$1,184,615$1,230,462$1,265,949
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0——$0$0
Stock awards$1,348,924$1,766,800$9,389,550$2,577,430$3,207,766$3,176,075$2,972,375$3,111,080$2,905,577$3,814,744
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0——$0$0
Non-equity incentive$616,500$900,000$1,250,000$1,700,000$1,077,156$2,750,000$2,113,585$1,824,405$2,305,298$2,038,106
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0——$0$0
All other$38,204$38,049$47,126$48,662$15,748$16,616$18,346$20,175$21,561$90,687
Total$2,616,320$3,347,118$11,413,599$5,268,399$5,326,007$7,042,691$6,204,306$6,140,275$6,462,898$7,209,486

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Churchill Downs Inc DEF 14A filed March 12, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-104118, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Churchill Downs Inc filed document, accession 0001193125-26-104118. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 12, 2026.

$2.6M
$3.3M
$11.4M
$5.3M
$5.3M
$7.0M
$6.2M
$6.1M
$6.5M
$7.2M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU125,089$12,627,630—
PSU28,421$3,233,741—
RSU14,884$1,693,502—

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

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 12, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-03-19Grant or award derivative—1,449$0.0037,679

The 1 most recent of 1 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 →

Churchill Downs’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
William CarstanjenChief Executive Officer$19,172,839
William Mudd · this pagePresident and Chief Operating Officer$7,209,486
Marcia DallExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$4,552,302
Bradley BlackwellExecutive Vice President and General Counsel$3,406,364
Maureen AdamsFormer Executive Vice President, Gaming Operations$1,857,382

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