Niccol joined Starbucks in September and received a $5 million sign-on bonus after his first month with the company. So, the $96 million pay package was for four months.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has made headlines for his astonishing compensation package, earning nearly $96 million for just four months of work in 2024. This remarkable figure places him among the highest-paid executives in the United States,

Starbucks granted new CEO Brian Niccol about $96 million after four months of work last year, one of the biggest compensation packages in corporate America.

Starbucks Corp. paid new Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol about $96 million for four months of work last year.

Brian Niccol, the new CEO of Starbucks, has been awarded a compensation package of around $96 million for his first four months of work in 2024. The massive pay puts him ahead of tech giants Apple and Google 's CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, who earned about $75 million each.

Since Brian Niccol was hired at Starbucks in September, it's hard to argue his compensation hasn't been grande. A new company securities filing shows that the chief executive and chairman has collected about $96 million,

Starbucks Corp. granted new Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol about $96 million after four months of work last year, one of the biggest compensation packages in corporate America. About 94 per cent of Niccol’s pay came from stock awards,