Ricardo Cardenas
2021
In 2021, Ricardo Cardenas earned a total compensation of $3.8M as President and Chief Executive Officer, and our previous President and Chief Operating Officer at Darden Restaurants, a 17% increase compared to previous year.
Compensation breakdown
| Non-Equity Incentive Plan | $1,058,173 |
|---|---|
| Option Awards | $408,505 |
| Salary | $745,192 |
| Stock Awards | $1,240,596 |
| Other | $304,487 |
| Total | $3,756,954 |
Cardenas received $1.2M in stock awards, accounting for 33% of the total pay in 2021.
Cardenas also received $1.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $408.5K in option awards, $745.2K in salary and $304.5K in other compensation.
Rankings
In 2021, Ricardo Cardenas' compensation ranked 3,554th out of 12,415 executives tracked by ExecPay. In other words, Cardenas earned more than 71.4% of executives.
| Classification | Ranking | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
All | 3,554 out of 12,415 | 71st |
Division Retail Trade | 202 out of 680 | 70th |
Major group Eating And Drinking Places | 36 out of 157 | 77th |
Industry group Eating And Drinking Places | 36 out of 157 | 77th |
Industry Eating Places | 27 out of 139 | 81st |
Source: SEC filing on August 8, 2022.
Cardenas' colleagues
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