Western Digital's CEO is Irving Tan, appointed in Oct 2024, has a tenure of 1.75 years. total yearly compensation is $11.53M, comprised of 7.2% salary and 92.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.17% of the company’s shares, worth €291.58M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.4 years and 7.7 years respectively.
Key information
Irving Tan
Chief executive officer
US$11.5m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
7.25%
CEO tenure
1.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
1.4yrs
Board average tenure
7.7yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Irving Tan's remuneration changed compared to Western Digital's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Apr 03 2026
n/a
n/a
US$6b
Jan 02 2026
n/a
n/a
US$4b
Oct 03 2025
n/a
n/a
US$3b
Jun 27 2025
US$12m
US$836k
US$2b
Compensation vs Market: Irving's total compensation ($USD11.53M) is above average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD7.48M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Irving's compensation with company performance.
CEO
Irving Tan (56 yo)
1.8yrs
Tenure
US$11,534,369
Compensation
Mr. Tiang Yew Tan, also known as Irving, is Chief Executive Officer of Western Digital Corporation from October 10, 2024 and serves as its Director since February 2025. He was Executive Vice President of G...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Tiang Yew Tan
CEO & Director
1.8yrs
US$11.53m
0.17% € 290.7m
Kris A. Sennesael
Executive VP & CFO
1.2yrs
US$10.22m
0.011% € 18.7m
Vidyadhara Gubbi
Executive VP & Chief of Global Operations
1.4yrs
US$4.71m
0.024% € 40.7m
Cynthia Tregillis
Executive VP
2.5yrs
US$4.46m
0.034% € 56.9m
Don Bennett
Senior Vice President of Finance
1.2yrs
US$2.16m
0.015% € 24.5m
Ahmed Shihab
Executive VP & Chief Product Officer
1.3yrs
US$7.77m
0.046% € 77.9m
C. Wesley Scott
Chief Investment Officer
no data
no data
no data
Brad Feller
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Sesh Tirumala
Chief Information Officer
no data
no data
no data
Ambrish Srivastava
Vice President of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Brian Davis
Executive VP and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
1.4yrs
no data
0.029% € 49.6m
Jeremy Faulk
Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development
1.5yrs
no data
no data
1.4yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: WDCD's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
Tiang Yew Tan
CEO & Director
1.4yrs
US$11.53m
0.17% € 290.7m
Tunc Doluca
Independent Director
7.9yrs
US$354.24k
0.011% € 18.5m
Matthew Massengill
Independent Director
26.5yrs
US$474.96k
0.0021% € 3.4m
Stephanie Streeter
Lead Independent Director
7.7yrs
US$417.44k
0.012% € 19.7m
Bruce Kiddoo
Independent Director
1.4yrs
US$273.21k
0.00067% € 1.1m
Martin Cole
Independent Chairman of the Board
11.6yrs
US$456.95k
0.0068% € 11.5m
Kimberly Alexy
Independent Director
7.7yrs
US$364.98k
0.0075% € 12.5m
Roxanne Oulman
Independent Director
1.4yrs
US$275.07k
0.0011% € 1.9m
Manuvir Das
Independent Director
less than a year
no data
no data
7.7yrs
Average Tenure
65yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: WDCD's board of directors are considered experienced (7.7 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/23 20:30
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/06 00:00
Earnings
2026/04/03
Annual Earnings
2025/06/27
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Analyst Sources
Western Digital Corporation is covered by 54 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.