Omnicom CEO John
Wren received a very big pay raise in 2025 with total compensation of $69,865 ,846.00. That’s more than triple his total pay package
for the prior year, according the company’s recently issued 2026 proxy statement.
Most of his 2025 pay came in the form of option awards valued at
nearly $69.3 million.
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The big pay bump is part of what the company called a “redesigned” compensation package for Wren that extends through 2028 when
Wren is expected to step down from the CEO post after 30 years while remaining executive chairman.
From 2026 through 2028 Wren will receive a $1 annual salary and
$169,180.00 in total compensation.
According to the proxy statement “The Compensation Committee believes that the CEO’s compensation structure should be based on
strategic context, and given the strategic transformation that the Company is undergoing, the Compensation Committee believed that a special grant of stock options in lieu of base salary and all other
incentive compensation through the end of fiscal year 2028 was the most appropriate form of compensation for Mr. Wren to drive long-term shareholder value creation.”
With the completion of the IPG acquisition, Wren’s to do list includes overseeing the full integration of the combination and its continuing transformation in what the company called the “new era of marketing and
sales.” He’ll also work closely with the board in identifying a CEO
successor.
The document also lists the next three highest compensated executives at the
company last year including Chief Operating Officer Daryl Simm ($10 million), CFO Phil Angelastro ($8.95 million) and General Counsel Louis Januzzi ($2.2 million).