Executive Chairman · AUTOZONE INC (AZO)

William Rhodes III

A named executive officer of AUTOZONE 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

$2,579,419

FY2024: $6,046,598

6th of 6 named executive officers at Autozone by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed October 28, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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William Rhodes III compensation by year

AUTOZONE Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as AUTOZONE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,062,500$1,050,000$1,050,000$1,050,000$1,050,000$467,885$150,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$90,300$89,920$89,621$90,187$89,399$90,672$89,909$89,372$66,998$0
Option awards$12,490,176$1,054,789$1,735,439$5,888,287$7,269,523$9,495,777$10,280,340$15,877,386$4,850,336$2,349,237
Non-equity incentive$1,543,750$1,018,750$1,250,000$1,401,417$2,941,849$3,957,135$2,613,975$1,539,720$474,454$0
Pension and deferred compensation$39,196$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$186,549$171,779$145,559$175,171$180,590$245,412$295,786$240,344$186,925$80,182
Total$15,349,971$3,335,238$4,220,619$8,617,562$11,531,361$14,838,996$14,330,010$18,796,822$6,046,598$2,579,419

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.

How this page was built: the AUTOZONE INC filed document, accession 0001104659-25-103210. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed October 28, 2025.

$15.3M
$3.3M
$4.2M
$8.6M
$11.5M
$14.8M
$14.3M
$18.8M
$6.0M
$2.6M
FY16
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FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
Option2,246—$2549.04
Option9,850—$2205.03
Option30,600—$1139.99
Option5,250—$1651.22
Option2,453—$2803.94
Option926—$3129.78
Option1,015—$3442.76

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.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed October 28, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-01-01Grant or award—156.27$0.0010,202.27

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 →

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 NewbernChief 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 III · this pageExecutive Chairman$2,579,419

Board service

AUTOZONE board · FY2023–FY2026
Director compensation in US dollars, as AUTOZONE reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2026$0$530,000——$530,000
FY2025$0$0$0$0—
FY2024$0$0$0$0—
FY2023$0$0$0$0—

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

How this board is paid

Company policy: AUTOZONE pays directors a $280,000 cash retainer. As stated in AUTOZONE's FY2026 proxy.

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