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Western Digital
WDC · Storage
$513.84
-49.48 (-8.78%)
As of Jul 15, 2026 close
Executive Compensation — FY2025 Proxy
DEF 14A filed Oct 6, 2025CEO Total Comp
$11.5M
Irving Tan · FY2025
YoY Change
N/A
No prior FY on record
CEO Pay Ratio
1321:1
median employee $8.7K
Named Executives
9
CEO · CEO · CFO · President · President · CFO · GC · President · CFO
Equity Share of Comp
74%
of CEO total
Compensation Over Time
CEO total by component · from Summary Compensation TableSalaryCash BonusEquity AwardsAll Other
“All Other” includes non-equity incentive compensation (see table below for the breakout).
Summary Compensation Table
Officer × year · extracted from DEF 14A · analyst-reviewed| Name & Position | Year | Salary | Cash Bonus | Equity Awards | Non-Equity Incentive | All Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irving Tan Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | $835,751 | $61,005 | $8,487,926 | $2,123,138 | $26,549 | $11,534,369 |
David V. Goeckeler Former Chief Executive Officer | 2025 | $804,038 | $2,600,000 | $20,182,423 | $1,334,195 | $10,800 | $24,931,456 |
| 2024 | $1,245,192 | — | $12,033,939 | $4,326,875 | $84,766 | $17,690,772 | |
| 2023 | $1,144,231 | — | $9,881,692 | — | $5,769 | $11,031,692 | |
Kris Sennesael Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | $82,500 | $2,000,000 | $7,999,981 | $132,660 | $1,650 | $10,216,791 |
Robert W. Soderbery Former Executive Vice President and General Manager, Flash Business | 2025 | $377,115 | — | $5,544,995 | $368,259 | $1,952,013 | $8,242,382 |
| 2024 | $707,269 | — | $2,965,053 | $1,665,954 | $10,350 | $5,348,626 | |
| 2023 | $649,923 | — | $2,530,139 | — | $3,277 | $3,183,339 | |
Ahmed M. Shihab Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer | 2025 | $165,577 | — | $6,999,974 | $266,248 | $4,967 | $7,436,766 |
Wissam G. Jabre Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | $500,000 | — | $6,164,910 | $357,555 | $16,338 | $7,038,803 |
| 2024 | $622,596 | — | $3,254,203 | $1,552,391 | $10,154 | $5,439,344 | |
| 2023 | $572,115 | $250,000 | $3,207,172 | — | $194,835 | $4,224,122 | |
Cynthia L. Tregillis Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | 2025 | $573,077 | — | $3,146,200 | $733,279 | $9,473 | $4,462,029 |
Vidyadhara K. Gubbi Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Operations | 2025 | $423,846 | — | $3,165,490 | $520,470 | $8,579 | $4,118,385 |
Don R. Bennett Senior Vice President, Finance and Former Interim Chief Financial Officer | 2025 | $437,692 | $300,000 | $844,693 | $552,729 | $26,180 | $2,161,294 |
Pay vs Performance
Compensation actually paid vs TSR · XBRL (Item 402(v))CEO comp actually paidAvg other NEOTSR (indexed, right)
Pay vs Performance — Detail
| FY | CEO Paid | Avg NEO Paid | TSR | Net Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $42.5M | $4.2M | 198.0 | $1.9B |
| 2024 | $55.0M | $6.9M | 179.0 | $-798.0M |
| 2023 | $-3.3M | $623.4K | 89.0 | $-1.7B |
| 2022 | $-9.1M | $-79.7K | 102.0 | $1.5B |
| 2021 | $55.0M | $15.5M | 165.0 | $821.0M |
TSR = value of $100 invested at the earliest disclosed fiscal year end · “actually paid” per SEC 402(v) methodology · source filing
Summary Compensation Table extracted from SEC DEF 14A proxy statements (Claude-assisted, analyst-reviewed before publication; source quotes pinned per figure). Pay-versus-performance from Inline XBRL (ECD taxonomy) with HTML fallback where issuer tagging is incomplete. Updated annually on proxy filing (~120 days after fiscal year end).