Brown Forman: Pay

Brown Forman paid its 6 named executives $47.5M in total in FY2026 (Apr). CEO Lawson E. Whiting was paid $25.3M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Lawson E. WhitingPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2026 (Apr)
FY2025 (Apr)
FY2024 (Apr)
FY2023 (Apr)
FY2022 (Apr)
5 years
Leanne CunninghamFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2026 (Apr)
FY2025 (Apr)
FY2024 (Apr)
3 years
Michael E. Carr, Jr.Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
FY2026 (Apr)
1 year
Michael A. MasickExecutive Vice President, President, Americas
FY2026 (Apr)
1 year
Yiannis PafilisExecutive Vice President, President, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific
FY2026 (Apr)
1 year
James W. PetersExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2026 (Apr)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

No CEO pay of the disclosed peers is on file for FY2026 (Apr).

  1. 1Brown Forman
  2. 2Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Not disclosed
  3. 3Conagra Brands, Inc.Not disclosed
  4. 4Constellation BrandsNot disclosed
  5. 5Diageo plcNot disclosed
  6. 6Edgewell Personal Care CompanyNot disclosed
  7. 7Energizer Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed
  8. 8Harley-Davidson, Inc.Not disclosed
  9. 9Keurig Dr PepperNot disclosed
  10. 10Mccormick & CoNot disclosed
  11. 11Molson Coors Beverage CompanyNot disclosed
  12. 12Monster BeverageNot disclosed
  13. 13Pernod Ricard SANot disclosed
  14. 14Post Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed
  15. 15The Boston Beer Company, Inc.Not disclosed
  16. 16The Campbell’s CompanyNot disclosed
  17. 17The Clorox CompanyNot disclosed
  18. 18The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.Not disclosed
  19. 19HersheyNot disclosed
  20. 20The J.M. Smucker CompanyNot disclosed
  21. 21YETI Holdings, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.