Best Buy (BBY) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Corie Barry, Chief Executive Officer, was paid $17.3M in fiscal 2026, up 7% from $16.2M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 542:1, on median employee pay of $32,018.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Annual meeting
June 12, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2026
Named executives
6
CEO total pay
$17.3M+7% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
542:1median $32,018
CEO pay in equity
79%$13.7M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
93%of votes cast
CEO Base Salary
$1,300,000Unchanged from prior year
CEO Stock Awards
$13,699,947Grant date fair value
CEO Short-Term Incentive
$2,185,820STI cash payment
Median Employee Pay
$32,018Annual total compensation

How Barry was paid

$17.3M in total for fiscal 2026, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary7%Stock awards79%Non-equity incentive13%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Corie BarryChief Executive Officer$17,346,126
Matt BilunasSenior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Enterprise Strategy$5,725,530
Jason BonfigSenior Executive Vice President, Customer Offering, Fulfillment and Best Buy Canada$3,907,868
Todd HartmanExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer and Secretary$3,537,080
Kamy ScarlettSenior Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Human Resources$4,720,069
Damien HarmonFormer Senior Executive Vice President, Channel and Customer Experiences and Enterprise Services$3,970,093

What changed and why

  • $17.3MCEO total compensation increased to $17,346,126 in fiscal 2026 compared to $16,150,300 in fiscal 2025.
  • The company maintains a strong pay-for-performance compensation philosophy tying executive pay to performance metrics.
  • 92.7%Average Say-on-Pay support over the last five years has been 92.7%.
  • Executive compensation elements consist of base salary, short-term cash incentives, and long-term equity awards.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.