Starbucks’ CEO, Brian Niccol, made $30.9 million in 2025
That includes $997,392 in expenses related to his use of the company’s private jet.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made just over $30.9 million in 2025, less than a third of what he made in the last four months of 2024 after the company poached him from Chipotle.
The bulk of Niccol’s 2025 compensation consisted of a $5 million bonus and nearly $20 million in stock awards, a Monday regulatory filing showed. It also included $1.1 million in security costs and $997,392 in expenses related to his use of the company’s private jet, which transports him from his home in Southern California to Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle.
In 2024, he made $96 million in his first four months on the job, which included a $5 million signing bonus and a stock award of about $90 million. From 2017 to 2023, Starbucks spent a total of $103 million paying its CEOs.
The coffee giant has struggled to find sales growth over the past few years, which is why the board recruited Niccol to lead a turnaround.
In its most recent quarterly report, the company reported its first positive comparable-store sales growth since 2023. Starbucks is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday morning.
