Cheesecake Factory

Cheesecake Factory

CAKE· Retail Trade· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2024Stock +35.5% in FY2024

David Overton is the CEO of Cheesecake Factory and was paid $8.2M in FY2024 (Dec), up 7%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY19 → $127
CEO pay is from each Cheesecake Factory 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.

Executives5

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  1. 1David OvertonFY2024
  2. 2David M. GordonFY2025
  3. 3Matthew E. ClarkFY2025
  4. 4Scarlett MayFY2025
  5. 5Keith T. CarangoFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Cheesecake Factory paid its 4 named executives $8.8M in total in FY2025 (Dec).

Name
David M. GordonPresident, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
Matthew E. ClarkExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Scarlett MayExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Keith T. CarangoPresident, The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated
David OvertonChairman of the Board and CEONot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers16

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Cheesecake Factory names 16 peer companies for pay. Among Cheesecake Factory and these peers, CEO pay was 7th highest of 8 and total shareholder return was 5th highest of 8.

7th highest of 8in Cheesecake Factory and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$4.5M$30.5M

5th highest of 8in Cheesecake Factory and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$47$751

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board1

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  • Jerome I. KransdorfLead independent director · 28 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Corporate Governance and Nominating (Chair)—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory General counsel pay rose 12% to $1.7M. The stock rose 8% in FY2024 (Jan).
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  2. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory General counsel pay rose 34% to $1.5M. The stock rose 6% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory CFO pay rose 32% to $2.2M. The stock rose 6% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory Division head pay rose 12% to $1.2M. The stock fell 15% in FY2023 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory Division head pay rose 26% to $1.2M. The stock rose 6% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory CEO pay rose 25% to $7.4M. The stock rose 6% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Cheesecake Factory President pay rose 41% to $2.6M. The stock rose 6% in FY2021 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Board
    Adam S. Gordon joined the board of Cheesecake Factory. Adam S. Gordon sits on no other public board.
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Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 10, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 23, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 18, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 26, 2024FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 20, 2023FY2022
Annual report10-KFeb 27, 2023FY2023
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