CEO total pay
$20,574,525
Christopher Kempczinski · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
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CEO pay ratio
Not in CD&A
Median employee: $19,020
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Kempczinski2025 compensation | Chairman, President and CEO | $20,574,525↑ 13% | 89% at-risk | $1,550,000 | $8,000,215 | $2,367,160 | $657,084 |
Ian Borden2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Global CFO | $8,589,731↑ 36% | 75% at-risk | $970,833 | $2,750,169 | $967,863 | $1,150,837 |
Gillian McDonald2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Global Chief | $6,061,987↑ 20% | 77% at-risk | $929,541 | $1,875,329 | $887,994 | $494,067 |
Joseph Erlinger2025 compensation | President, McDonald’s USA | $5,726,650↓ 6% | 82% at-risk | $895,833 | $2,000,306 | $711,774 | $118,704 |
Manuel JM Steijaert2025 compensation | President, International Operated Markets | $4,978,365 | 72% at-risk | $854,456 | $1,375,084 | $854,131 | $519,680 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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Peer Group
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Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“POLICY REGARDING PROHIBITION ON PLEDGING & HEDGING”
pledging
prohibited
“POLICY REGARDING PROHIBITION ON PLEDGING & HEDGING”
clawback
present
“clawback policy intended to comply with the SEC rules and NYSE listing standards that require the Company to recoup certain incentive-based compensation erroneously awarded to current and former executive officers of the…”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“ownership requirements.”
change in control
Change In Control
“Change In Control”
compensation consultant
independent
“Independent Compensation Consultant”
compensation committee
Compensation Committee
“The Compensation Committee”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
—
“receive a prorated STIP payment based on actual performance (and paid at the same time STIP payments are made to other participants), unused sabbatical leave, and transitional assistance. Payments are delayed for six mon…”
operating income
$12
“programs, operating income and EPS results have been adjusted to exclude foreign currency translation (either positive or negative) and restructuring costs incurred in connection with the continued organizational transfo…”
median employee compensation
$19,020
“of our executives with those of our shareholders. We aim to have approximately 90% of our CEO’s total target direct compensation opportunity be subject to performance against our robust and objective performance targets.…”
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