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 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.

Niccol's annual pay package is likely to be valued at about $113 million at the time of his hiring, with a large part tied to equity to replace awards from his prior employer that he had to relinquish

The coffee giant brought Niccol in from Chipotle Mexican Grill, hoping that his experience could revitalise the company and reverse its financial slump.

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,