$DRI

Rick Cardenas

Darden Restaurants

President & CEO • Since 2022 • Consumer Discretionary

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2026 vs FY2025 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

64/100

Based on profit (net income) improvement only — this company does not report the operating cash flow and capital-spending figures needed for a free-cash-flow number (common for banks and insurers).

Profit (net income): $1.0B → $1.2B (+15.0% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025

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Overview

Rick Cardenas is the president & ceo of Darden Restaurants since 2022. Darden Restaurants is a Consumer Discretionary company headquartered in Orlando, Florida, founded in 1938, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Rick holds the chief executive role at Darden Restaurants with the title President & CEO — in post since 2022. This page is the concise leadership record for Darden Restaurants in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Ticker: $DRI
Headquarters: Orlando, Florida
Founded: 1938
CEO since: 2022
Index: S&P 500 (#137 of 500)