Central Garden & Pet's CEO is Niko Lahanas, appointed in Sep 2024, has a tenure of 1.83 years. total yearly compensation is $1.91M, comprised of 46.9% salary and 53.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.2% of the company’s shares, worth $4.84M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.9 years and 6.6 years respectively.
Key information
Niko Lahanas
Chief executive officer
US$1.9m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
46.88%
CEO tenure
1.8yrs
CEO ownership
0.2%
Management average tenure
3.9yrs
Board average tenure
6.6yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has Niko Lahanas's remuneration changed compared to Central Garden & Pet's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Mar 28 2026
n/a
n/a
US$171m
Dec 27 2025
n/a
n/a
US$156m
Sep 27 2025
US$2m
US$893k
US$163m
Jun 28 2025
n/a
n/a
US$138m
Mar 29 2025
n/a
n/a
US$123m
Dec 28 2024
n/a
n/a
US$122m
Sep 28 2024
US$931k
US$523k
US$108m
Jun 29 2024
n/a
n/a
US$145m
Mar 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$148m
Dec 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$135m
Sep 30 2023
US$992k
US$509k
US$126m
Jun 24 2023
n/a
n/a
US$121m
Mar 25 2023
n/a
n/a
US$113m
Dec 24 2022
n/a
n/a
US$135m
Sep 24 2022
US$864k
US$479k
US$152m
Jun 25 2022
n/a
n/a
US$151m
Mar 26 2022
n/a
n/a
US$152m
Dec 25 2021
n/a
n/a
US$155m
Sep 25 2021
US$978k
US$467k
US$152m
Jun 26 2021
n/a
n/a
US$168m
Mar 27 2021
n/a
n/a
US$161m
Dec 26 2020
n/a
n/a
US$131m
Sep 26 2020
US$3m
US$456k
US$121m
Jun 27 2020
n/a
n/a
US$110m
Mar 28 2020
n/a
n/a
US$87m
Dec 28 2019
n/a
n/a
US$87m
Sep 28 2019
US$2m
US$448k
US$93m
Compensation vs Market: Niko's total compensation ($USD1.91M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.90M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Niko's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
CEO
Niko Lahanas (57 yo)
1.8yrs
Tenure
US$1,905,762
Compensation
Mr. Nicholas Lahanas, also known as Niko, is CEO & Director of Central Garden & Pet Company from September 29, 2024 and served as the Chief Financial Officer since May 22, 2017 until September 29, 2024 and...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
William Brown
Founder & Chairman
46.5yrs
US$1.54m
6.87% $ 165.5m
Nicholas Lahanas
CEO & Director
1.8yrs
US$1.91m
0.20% $ 4.8m
Bradley Smith
Chief Financial Officer
1.8yrs
US$736.04k
0.028% $ 675.4k
John Walker
President of Garden Consumer Products
9.5yrs
US$858.94k
0.12% $ 2.8m
John Hanson
President of Pet Consumer Products
6.9yrs
US$2.06m
0.096% $ 2.3m
Howard Machek
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
no data
US$643.95k
0.095% $ 2.3m
Chris Walter
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
14.7yrs
no data
no data
Friederike Edelmann
Vice President of Investor Relations
5.9yrs
no data
no data
Apur Patel
Chief Legal Officer
less than a year
no data
0.040% $ 956.9k
Marilyn Leahy
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
1.8yrs
no data
no data
Glen Axelrod
Senior Vice President of Dog & Cat Brands
no data
no data
no data
William Pennington
Senior Vice President of Wild Bird
no data
no data
no data
3.9yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: CENT.A's management team is considered experienced (3.9 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
William Brown
Founder & Chairman
46.5yrs
US$1.54m
6.87% $ 165.5m
Nicholas Lahanas
CEO & Director
1.8yrs
US$1.91m
0.20% $ 4.8m
Christopher Metz
Independent Director
7.4yrs
US$196.99k
0.024% $ 589.1k
Brooks Pennington
Director
28.5yrs
US$202.49k
0.41% $ 9.8m
Mary Springer
Lead Independent Director
13.5yrs
US$241.99k
0.043% $ 1.0m
Kay Schwichtenberg
Director
less than a year
US$509.45k
0.0065% $ 155.4k
John Ranelli
Independent Director
16.3yrs
US$214.49k
0.018% $ 433.8k
Courtnee Chun
Independent Director
5.4yrs
US$206.49k
0.029% $ 703.1k
Randal Lewis
Director
1.6yrs
US$260.34k
0.019% $ 465.6k
Brendan Dougher
Independent Director
5.8yrs
US$226.49k
0.026% $ 632.5k
6.6yrs
Average Tenure
62.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: CENT.A's board of directors are considered experienced (6.6 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/07/12 20:59
End of Day Share Price
2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings
2026/03/28
Annual Earnings
2025/09/27
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Central Garden & Pet Company is covered by 15 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.