Wendy's

Wendy's

WEN· Retail Trade· Fiscal year ends in January

CEO pay in FY2025Stock -22.3% in FY2025

Ken Cook is the CEO of Wendy's and was paid $4.5M in FY2025 (Jan), up 541%.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY23 → $52
CEO pay is from each Wendy's 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. 1Kirk TannerFY2025
  2. 2Ken CookFY2025
  3. 3E.J. WunschFY2025
  4. 4John MinFY2025
  5. 5Pete SuerkenFY2025

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

Pay

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Wendy's paid its 5 named executives $20.4M in total in FY2025 (Jan). CEO Ken Cook was paid $4.5M of that.

Name
Kirk Tanner(former President and CEO)Not disclosed
Ken Cook(Interim CEO and CFO)Not disclosed
E.J. Wunsch(President, International)
John Min(Chief Legal Officer and Secretary)Not disclosedNot disclosed
Pete Suerken(President, U.S.)Not disclosedNot disclosed

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

Peers14

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The FY2025 (Jan) proxy of Wendy's names 14 peer companies for pay. Among Wendy's and these peers, CEO pay was the lowest of 6 and total shareholder return was the lowest of 6.

6th highest of 6in Wendy's and its pay peers, FY2025 (Jan) by CEO pay:

$4.5M$30.5M

6th highest of 6in Wendy's and its pay peers, FY2025 (Jan) 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.

Board3

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  • Peter H. RothschildDirector · 15 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Compensation and Human Capital (Chair), Executive, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Richard H. GomezDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation and Human Capital, corporate social responsibility, technology—Paid as an executive
  • Bradley G. PeltzDirector · 0 yr on the boardNot independentCorporate Social Responsibility, technology—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Wendy's Division head pay rose 63% to $4.0M. The stock fell 49% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Wendy's President pay fell 73% to $4.6M. The stock fell 49% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Wendy's CEO pay rose 541% to $4.5M. The stock fell 49% in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Board
    Bradley G. Peltz joined the board of Wendy's. Bradley G. Peltz sits on no other public board.
    3
  5. Pay
    Wendy's Division head pay rose 14% to $2.4M. The stock fell 15% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Wendy's President pay fell 62% to $3.3M. The stock fell 15% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Wendy's Former CFO pay rose 33% to $4.4M. The stock fell 15% in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Board
    Kirk Tanner joined the board of Wendy's. Kirk Tanner now sits on 2 public boards.
    3
  9. Pay
    Wendy's President pay fell 17% to $8.0M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Wendy's CEO pay fell 18% to $3.4M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Wendy's (former CIO) pay fell 22% to $2.0M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Wendy's Former CFO pay fell 12% to $3.2M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Wendy's CEO pay fell 18% to $2.8M. The stock fell 1% in FY2022 (Jan).
    DEF 14A
  14. Board
    Wendy C. Arlin joined the board of Wendy's. Wendy C. Arlin sits on no other public board.
    3
  15. Board
    Kirk Tanner joined the board of Wendy's. Kirk Tanner now sits on 2 public boards.
    3

Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 2, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 23, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 3, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 21, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 4, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 26, 2024FY2023
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