Costco Wholesale's CEO is Ron Vachris, appointed in Feb 2022, has a tenure of 4.25 years. total yearly compensation is $13.93M, comprised of 8.5% salary and 91.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.012% of the company’s shares, worth CA$75.40M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 10.6 years respectively.
Key information
Ron Vachris
Chief executive officer
US$13.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
8.49%
CEO tenure
4.3yrs
CEO ownership
0.01%
Management average tenure
2.8yrs
Board average tenure
10.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Ron Vachris's remuneration changed compared to Costco Wholesale's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Feb 15 2026
n/a
n/a
US$9b
Nov 23 2025
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Aug 31 2025
US$14m
US$1m
US$8b
May 11 2025
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Feb 16 2025
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Nov 24 2024
n/a
n/a
US$8b
Sep 01 2024
US$12m
US$1m
US$7b
May 12 2024
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Feb 18 2024
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Nov 26 2023
n/a
n/a
US$7b
Sep 03 2023
US$8m
US$938k
US$6b
May 07 2023
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Feb 12 2023
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Nov 20 2022
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Aug 28 2022
US$7m
US$993k
US$6b
May 08 2022
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Feb 13 2022
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Nov 21 2021
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Aug 29 2021
US$5m
US$805k
US$5b
May 09 2021
n/a
n/a
US$5b
Feb 14 2021
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Nov 22 2020
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Aug 30 2020
US$4m
US$667k
US$4b
May 10 2020
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Feb 16 2020
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Nov 24 2019
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Sep 01 2019
US$4m
US$583k
US$4b
Compensation vs Market: Ron's total compensation ($USD13.93M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Canadian market ($USD7.47M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Ron's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Ron Vachris (60 yo)
4.3yrs
Tenure
US$13,932,597
Compensation
Mr. Ron M. Vachris serves as President and Director at Costco Wholesale Corporation since February 2, 2022 and served as its Chief Operating Officer since February 2, 2022 to December 2023 and serves as it...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ron Vachris
President
4.3yrs
US$13.93m
0.012% CA$ 75.4m
Gary Millerchip
Executive VP & CFO
2.2yrs
US$6.77m
0.0011% CA$ 7.0m
Javier Polit
Executive VP and CI&DO of Information Systems
1.8yrs
US$7.51m
0.00013% CA$ 832.1k
Pierre Riel
Executive VP & COO of International Division
25.3yrs
US$5.29m
0.0025% CA$ 16.3m
Tiffany Barbre
Senior VP
less than a year
no data
0% CA$ 0
Claudine Adamo
Executive Vice President of Administration
less than a year
no data
0.0014% CA$ 8.8m
John Sullivan
Executive VP
16.3yrs
no data
0.0078% CA$ 50.2m
Sheri Flies
Senior Vice President of Global Sustainability & Compliance
no data
no data
no data
Peter Gruening
Senior VP of Membership
no data
no data
no data
Brenda Weber
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
3.4yrs
no data
no data
Ali Moayeri
Senior Vice President of Construction & Purchasing
14.9yrs
no data
no data
David Sherwood
Senior Vice President of Costco Wholesale Industries & Business Development
less than a year
no data
no data
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: COST's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Ron Vachris
President
4.3yrs
US$13.93m
0.012% CA$ 75.4m
Jeffrey Raikes
Independent Director
17.4yrs
US$304.66k
0.0024% CA$ 15.3m
Kenneth Denman
Independent Vice Chairman of the Board
9.2yrs
US$304.66k
0.0011% CA$ 7.4m
Susan Decker
Independent Director
21.6yrs
US$304.66k
0.0018% CA$ 11.3m
Mary Wilderotter
Independent Director
10.6yrs
US$304.66k
0.0028% CA$ 17.7m
John Stanton
Independent Director
10.6yrs
US$304.66k
0.0054% CA$ 34.4m
Hamilton James
Independent Chairman of the Board
37.8yrs
US$304.66k
0.013% CA$ 80.8m
Sarah Margaret Jewell
Independent Director
6.3yrs
US$304.66k
0.00066% CA$ 4.2m
Gina Raimondo
Director
no data
no data
no data
Helena Foulkes
Independent Director
2.8yrs
US$304.66k
0.00011% CA$ 704.1k
10.6yrs
Average Tenure
66.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: COST's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/18 04:36
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/15 00:00
Earnings
2026/02/15
Annual Earnings
2025/08/31
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Analyst Sources
Costco Wholesale Corporation is covered by 62 analysts. 31 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.