Cheesecake Factory's CEO is David Overton, appointed in Jan 1972, has a tenure of 54.42 years. total yearly compensation is $8.42M, comprised of 12.2% salary and 87.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 7.22% of the company’s shares, worth €233.50M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 11.1 years and 13.3 years respectively.
Key information
David Overton
Chief executive officer
US$8.4m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
12.23%
CEO tenure
54.4yrs
CEO ownership
7.2%
Management average tenure
11.1yrs
Board average tenure
13.3yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has David Overton's remuneration changed compared to Cheesecake Factory's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 31 2026
n/a
n/a
US$165m
Dec 30 2025
US$8m
US$1m
US$148m
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$161m
Jul 01 2025
n/a
n/a
US$159m
Apr 01 2025
n/a
n/a
US$157m
Dec 31 2024
US$8m
US$1m
US$157m
Oct 01 2024
n/a
n/a
US$128m
Jul 02 2024
n/a
n/a
US$116m
Apr 02 2024
n/a
n/a
US$106m
Jan 02 2024
US$8m
US$995k
US$101m
Oct 03 2023
n/a
n/a
US$85m
Jul 04 2023
n/a
n/a
US$65m
Apr 04 2023
n/a
n/a
US$48m
Jan 03 2023
US$7m
US$1m
US$43m
Sep 27 2022
n/a
n/a
US$50m
Jun 28 2022
n/a
n/a
US$85m
Mar 29 2022
n/a
n/a
US$73m
Dec 28 2021
US$7m
US$1m
US$49m
Sep 28 2021
n/a
n/a
US$9m
Jun 29 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$57m
Mar 30 2021
n/a
n/a
-US$142m
Dec 29 2020
US$6m
US$915k
-US$277m
Sep 29 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$191m
Jun 30 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$142m
Mar 31 2020
n/a
n/a
-US$36m
Dec 31 2019
US$7m
US$995k
US$127m
Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD8.42M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.25M).
Compensation vs Earnings: David's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
David Overton (80 yo)
54.4yrs
Tenure
US$8,419,852
Compensation
Mr. David M. Overton founded Grand Lux Cafe, LLC in 1999. Mr. Overton co-founded The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated's predecessor company in 1972. He is the Founder of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated....
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Overton
Founder
54.4yrs
US$8.42m
7.22% € 233.5m
David Gordon
President
13.3yrs
US$3.09m
0.20% € 6.5m
Matthew Clark
Executive VP & CFO
8.9yrs
US$2.57m
0.16% € 5.3m
Scarlett May
Executive VP
8.1yrs
US$1.76m
0.11% € 3.7m
Ashley Hanscom
VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Controller
3.2yrs
no data
0.045% € 1.4m
Etienne Marcus
Vice President of Finance & Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Cheryl Slomann
Senior Vice President of Finance & Compliance
3.2yrs
US$387.59k
no data
Donald Evans
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior VP
14.8yrs
no data
no data
Dina Barmasse-Gray
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
16.3yrs
no data
no data
Spero Alex
Executive Vice President of Operations - The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants
no data
no data
0.046% € 1.5m
11.1yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 1CAKE's management team is seasoned and experienced (11.1 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Overton
Founder
34.3yrs
US$8.42m
7.22% € 233.5m
David Pittaway
Independent Director
17.1yrs
US$255.00k
0.041% € 1.3m
Jerome Kransdorf
Independent Lead Director
29.3yrs
US$285.00k
0.028% € 894.5k
Alexander Cappello
Independent Director
18.3yrs
US$252.50k
0.013% € 413.1k
Edie Ames
Independent Director
9.5yrs
US$240.00k
0.025% € 813.4k
Janice Meyer
Independent Director
6.3yrs
US$240.00k
0.047% € 1.5m
Khanh Collins
Independent Director
4.9yrs
US$240.00k
0.029% € 947.2k
Adam Gordon
Independent Director
3.5yrs
US$240.00k
0.0073% € 237.6k
13.3yrs
Average Tenure
68yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 1CAKE's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 13.3 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/06/14 06:01
End of Day Share Price
2026/06/12 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/30
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Analyst Sources
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is covered by 39 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.