Western Digital paid its 5 named executives $37.8M in total in FY2026 (Jul). CEO Irving Tan was paid $17.2M of that.
Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY24 → $1.1K
Pay of each named executive
Irving TanChief Executive Officer
| FY2026 (Jul) | ||||||
| FY2025 (Jul) |
2 years
Kris SennesaelExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
| FY2026 (Jul) | ||||||
| FY2025 (Jul) |
2 years
Ahmed M. ShihabExecutive Vice President and Chief Product Officer
| FY2026 (Jul) | ||||||
| FY2025 (Jul) |
2 years
Cynthia L. TregillisExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
| FY2026 (Jul) | ||||||
| FY2025 (Jul) |
2 years
Vidyadhara K. GubbiExecutive Vice President and Chief of Global Operations
| FY2026 (Jul) | ||||||
| FY2025 (Jul) |
2 years
CEO pay against the pay peers
In FY2023 (Jul), the median CEO pay of the 12 peers with pay on file was $20.7M. The CEO of Western Digital was paid $11.0M, 47% below the median.
- 1Broadcom
- 2Cisco Systems
- 3Advanced Micro Devices
- 4Motorola Solutions
- 5Micron Technology
- 6Nvidia
- 7Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- 8HP
- 9Lam Research
- 10Texas Instruments
- 11Seagate Technology Holdings
- 12NetApp
- 13Western DigitalThis company
- 14Analog DevicesNot disclosed
- 15Applied Materials, Inc.Not disclosed
- 16ON Semiconductor CorporationNot disclosed
- 17QUALCOMM IncorporatedNot disclosed
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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.