Beyond Meat: Pay

Beyond Meat paid its 5 named executives $48.8M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Ethan Brown was paid $29.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY21 → $1
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

Ethan BrownPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Lubi KutuaChief Financial Officer and Treasurer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Teri L. WittemanChief Legal Officer and Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Dariush Ajami, PhDChief Innovation Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Drew LufkinSenior Vice President, Sales
FY2025 (Dec)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2024 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 6 peers with pay on file was $5.0M. The CEO of Beyond Meat was paid $5.0M, about the same as the median.

  1. 1Tootsie Roll Industries
  2. 2Vital Farms
  3. 3Celsius Holdings
  4. 4Beyond Meat
  5. 5Simply Good Foods
  6. 6Vita Coco Company
  7. 7Freshpet
  8. 8BRC Inc.Not disclosed
  9. 9Bellring BrandsNot disclosed
  10. 10Benson Hill, Inc.Not disclosed
  11. 11Calavo Growers, Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12Lancaster Colony CorporationNot disclosed
  13. 13Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14MedifastNot disclosed
  15. 15Seneca FoodsNot disclosed
  16. 16Sovos Brands, Inc.Not disclosed
  17. 17SunOpta Inc.Not disclosed
  18. 18Boston Beer CoNot disclosed
  19. 19Thorne HealthTech, Inc.Not disclosed
  20. 20United Malt Group LimitedNot disclosed
  21. 21Westrock CoffeeNot 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.