Jason Bengel is recorded as CFO at LendingTree, Inc. (TREE). LendingTree, Inc. reported in an 8-K filed June 18, 2024 that Jason Bengel was appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective August 9, 2024. The proxy statement of LendingTree, Inc. reports total compensation of $1,828,070 for Jason Bengel in fiscal 2025, including a base salary of $390,385. Disclosed compensation is on record for 2 fiscal years. Jason Bengel has spoken on 8 earnings calls and 1 other investor event across 1 company, most recently for LendingTree, Inc. on November 3, 2026. LendingTree, Inc. is classified in the Insurance Brokers industry within the Financial Services sector. Other leadership on record at LendingTree, Inc. includes Scott Peyree (CEO and Board Member), Steve Ozonian (Chairman), Ian Smith (COO) and 5 others.
“On June 17, 2024, the board of directors of the Company appointed Jason Bengel, LendingTree, LLC's Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of August 9, 2024.”
LendingTree, Inc. Form 8-K, filed June 18, 2024
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Jason Bengel on recent calls
“I think it's useful just to take a step back. And when you look at the midpoint of our guide versus 2023, you know, you're looking at a 25% EBITDA kegger. You're looking at expenses with a 3% kegger, you know, in line with inflation, essentially.”
“So I'm happy to talk through, you know, the guidance assumptions here. And, you know, like Scott said, if you take a big step back, you know, and look at the midpoint of our guidance, that does look at us doubling, almost doubling EBITDA in the last three years and growing 12% this year.”
“Just with respect to the guide, you know, Like Scott said, you know, January and February, we were doing really well. It was very strong. But then March and April, we did see headwinds, right?”
“Yeah, no, I think that's been going up, you know, either, you know, 200, 400 base points a year. So we are driving operating leverage. It's showing up in the EBITDA line.”
“We think that's a great event that's going to allow us much more flexibility going forward, like you said. You know, our leverage has continued to come down 2.6. it was 4.4 a year ago, and it was much higher than that even before that.”
