Wendy's: Pay

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

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY23 → $52
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

Kirk Tanner(former President and CEO)
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
2 years
Ken Cook(Interim CEO and CFO)
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
2 years
E.J. Wunsch(President, International)
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
FY2023 (Jan)
3 years
John Min(Chief Legal Officer and Secretary)
FY2025 (Jan)
1 year
Pete Suerken(President, U.S.)
FY2025 (Jan)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Jan), the median CEO pay of the 5 peers with pay on file was $15.2M. The CEO of Wendy's was paid $4.5M, 70% below the median.

  1. 1Brinker International
  2. 2Chipotle Mexican Grill
  3. 3Restaurant Brands International
  4. 4Darden Restaurants
  5. 5Texas Roadhouse
  6. 6Wendy's
  7. 7Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.Not disclosed
  8. 8Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.Not disclosed
  9. 9Dine Brands Global, Inc.Not disclosed
  10. 10Domino’s Pizza, Inc.Not disclosed
  11. 11Jack in the Box Inc.Not disclosed
  12. 12McDonald’s CorporationNot disclosed
  13. 13Papa John’s International Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14StarbucksNot disclosed
  15. 15Yum BrandsNot 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.