His pay package includes a big salary and a hefty signing bonus.
Adding Doritos-flavored tacos to Taco Bell's menu helped put Brian Niccol on the map. Transforming Chipotle from a cautionary food-safety tale into an inflation-proof burrito powerhouse made him a bona fide restaurant-industry superstar.
Fresh from a great run at Chipotle, Niccol now faces the daunting task of speeding up service at Starbucks. Success may already be priced into the stock.
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Starbucks plans to pay incoming CEO Brian Niccol $10 million in cash and $75 million in equity awards when he joins the company from Chipotle. Niccol will be paid a base salary of $1.6 million annually, with the opportunity to earn up to $7.2 million more in cash.
Elliott's biggest win this year may yet be at Starbucks, beginning with private discussions over the activist's multibillion-dollar stake, and ending with a CEO change that investors and activists cheered. Elliott had not expressed any explicit desire to see a different CEO in the office, but those involved in the discussions feel certain the board would not have pursued Chipotle's Brian Niccol as a CEO replacement without the pressure Elliott brought to bear.
The 7.5% fall Chipotle (CMG) shares took Tuesday following the news that CEO Brian Niccol will leave for the top job at Starbucks (SBUX) puts the stock in a good position for investors to buy, a number of analysts said.
Brian Niccol is set to become Starbucks' CEO next month. The former Chipotle CEO is likely to bring big changes to the coffee chain, which is in need of a turnaround.
Starbucks has tapped a new CEO to turn around the company that has faced back-to-back quarters of declining traffic. However, there are some hefty challenges ahead.
Time will tell if the CEO rotation ends up paying dividends for Starbucks, but given Brian Niccol's track record, it certainly appears to be in good hands.
The cafe chain saw shares soar after naming Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol as the new Starbucks head. Wall Street analysts upbeat on the move, but it's not unanimous.