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Michael Sainato

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666 times more than his workers in 2024

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Brian Niccol, chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks, speaks at the Starbucks leadership experience on 10 June 2025, in Las Vegas. Photograph: John Locher/AP

Starbucks’ CEO, Brian Niccol, made 6,666 times more than his average worker last year, according to a report on the growing gap between top executives and their workers.

The inequality gap between CEOs’ pay and that of their median workers rose in 2024 to 285 to 1 from 268 to 1 in 2023, according to a report released this week by the largest federation of labor unions in the US, the AFL-CIO.

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