Hershey Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Hershey's CEO is Michele Buck, appointed in Mar 2017, has a tenure of 7.67 years. total yearly compensation is $15.65M, comprised of 8.9% salary and 91.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.081% of the company’s shares, worth €27.68M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 6.5 years respectively.

Key information

Michele Buck

Chief executive officer

US$15.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage8.9%
CEO tenure7.7yrs
CEO ownership0.08%
Management average tenure4.8yrs
Board average tenure6.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Michele Buck's remuneration changed compared to Hershey's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 29 2024n/an/a

US$2b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$2b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$2b

Dec 31 2023US$16mUS$1m

US$2b

Oct 01 2023n/an/a

US$2b

Jul 02 2023n/an/a

US$2b

Apr 02 2023n/an/a

US$2b

Dec 31 2022US$14mUS$1m

US$2b

Oct 02 2022n/an/a

US$2b

Jul 03 2022n/an/a

US$2b

Apr 03 2022n/an/a

US$2b

Dec 31 2021US$16mUS$1m

US$1b

Oct 03 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Jul 04 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Apr 04 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2020US$19mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 27 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 28 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 29 2020n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2019US$17mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 29 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2018US$12mUS$1m

US$1b

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$1b

Jul 01 2018n/an/a

US$1b

Apr 01 2018n/an/a

US$1b

Dec 31 2017US$10mUS$1m

US$783m

Compensation vs Market: Michele's total compensation ($USD15.65M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD4.81M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Michele's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Michele Buck (62 yo)

7.7yrs

Tenure

US$15,654,209

Compensation

Ms. Michele Gross Buck has been the Chairman at The Hershey Company since October 11, 2019 and has been its Chief Executive Officer and President since March 1, 2017. Ms. Buck is responsible for all day-to...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michele Buck
Chairman7.7yrsUS$15.65m0.081%
€ 27.7m
Steven Voskuil
Senior VP & CFO5.5yrsUS$4.38m0.015%
€ 5.3m
Deepak Bhatia
Senior VP & CTO1.1yrsUS$9.17m0%
€ 0
Kristen Riggs
President of Salty Snacks4.8yrsUS$4.34m0.012%
€ 4.1m
Jennifer McCalman
VP & Chief Accounting Officer3.8yrsno data0.0015%
€ 497.2k
Melissa Poole
Vice President of Investor Relations & Corporate Financeno datano datano data
James Turoff
Senior VP3.9yrsno data0.0061%
€ 2.1m
Marlene Creighton
Global Chief Sales Officer2.2yrsno datano data
Christopher Scalia
Chief Transformation Officer & Chief Human Resources Officer4.8yrsno data0.0074%
€ 2.5m
Jason Reiman
Senior VP & Chief Supply Chain Officer5.4yrsUS$3.13m0.011%
€ 3.8m
Rohit Grover
President of International5.6yrsno data0.013%
€ 4.6m
Kristoffel Meulen
Chief Development Officer1.8yrsno datano data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: HSY's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Michele Buck
Chairman7.7yrsUS$15.65m0.081%
€ 27.7m
Victor Crawford
Lead Independent Director4.5yrsUS$301.46k0.0019%
€ 647.1k
Robert Malcolm
Independent Director12.9yrsUS$280.00k0.0071%
€ 2.4m
Mary Haben
Independent Director11.3yrsUS$280.00k0.0073%
€ 2.5m
Anthony Palmer
Independent Director13.6yrsUS$329.75k0.0084%
€ 2.9m
Mary Koken
Independent Director7.5yrsUS$275.00k0.00030%
€ 102.2k
Kevin Ozan
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.00029%
€ 98.8k
Cordel Robbin-Coker
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0.00029%
€ 98.8k
Juan Perez
Independent Director5.5yrsUS$300.00k0.0029%
€ 974.0k
Huong Maria Kraus
Independent Director1.5yrsUS$173.75k0.00069%
€ 235.0k

6.5yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: HSY's board of directors are considered experienced (6.5 years average tenure).