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Herald Chen

Chief Accounting Officer

AppLovin Corp (APP)

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About Herald Chen

Herald Chen is recorded as Chief Accounting Officer at AppLovin Corp (APP) since November 7, 2022, Board Member at AppLovin Corp (APP) and Board Member at GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) since January 1, 2014. The newest filing on record that lists Herald Chen as Board Member at AppLovin Corp (APP) is dated April 25, 2023. The newest filing on record that lists Herald Chen as Board Member at GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) is dated April 22, 2022. GoDaddy Inc. reported in an 8-K filed June 5, 2026 that Herald Chen was appointed Director, effective June 3, 2026. AppLovin Corp reported in an 8-K filed November 8, 2023 that Herald Chen resigned as President and Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2023. AppLovin Corp reported in an 8-K filed November 9, 2022 that Herald Chen was appointed Principal Accounting Officer, effective November 7, 2022. The proxy statement of AppLovin Corp reports total compensation of $3,146,904 for Herald Chen in fiscal 2023, including a base salary of $400,000. Disclosed compensation is on record for 5 fiscal years. Herald Chen has spoken on 11 earnings calls across 1 company, most recently for AppLovin Corp on November 8, 2023. AppLovin Corp is classified in the Advertising Agencies industry within the Communication Services sector. GoDaddy Inc. is classified in the Software - Infrastructure industry within the Technology sector. Other leadership on record at AppLovin Corp includes Adam Foroughi (CEO), Craig Billings (Chairman), Matthew A. Stumpf (CFO) and 7 others.

“Each director nominee was duly elected to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to earlier resignation, death or removal.”
GoDaddy Inc. Form 8-K, filed June 5, 2026 · Read the filing
“On November 3, 2023, Herald Chen, the Company's President and Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company that he will resign from his management roles, effective as of December 31, 2023.”
AppLovin Corp Form 8-K, filed November 8, 2023 · Read the filing

Herald Chen on recent calls

“As Adam discussed, strong execution across the board led to fantastic financial performance this past quarter. In Q3, we achieved incredible year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter revenue growth, with software platform up 65% year-over-year reaching a $2 billion run rate.”
CFO, AppLovin Corp Q3 FY2023 Earnings Call ·
“Based on the incredible efforts from our team this year, in particular, leading the launch of our AXON 2.0 engine, we had a strong quarter financially across the board, with record Software Platform revenue, high margins, impressive operating leverage, and ultimately, robust free cash flow.”
CFO, AppLovin Corp Q2 FY2023 Earnings Call ·
“I'd like to begin by expressing my gratitude to Ryan Gee for his leadership of our IR activities over the past few years. Additionally, I want to extend a warm welcome to David Hsiao, who joined AppLovin in early '21 and has taken on the Head of IR role for the company.”
CFO, AppLovin Corp Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call ·
“In our last two shareholder letters, we talked about a theme of stability, which is a very nice thing to have in this current market environment. In particular, we have stability with a fantastic team, and we have stability with our business model and financial profile.”
CFO, AppLovin Corp Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call ·
“And as we outlined in our shareholder letter, given the challenging backdrop, we are very much focused on what we control.”
CFO, AppLovin Corp Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call ·

Affiliation history

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Current role

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

Board Member

2014-01-01–present

Leadership on record at AppLovin Corp

Leadership on record at GoDaddy Inc.

Executive compensation

Compensation components disclosed in company proxy statements. Amounts are nominal USD; total is the company-reported figure.

Fiscal year Company Salary Total
2023 AppLovin Corp (APP) $400,000 $3,146,904
2022 AppLovin Corp (APP) $400,000 $412,475
2021 AppLovin Corp (APP) $400,000 $411,291
2020 AppLovin Corp (APP) $400,000 $407,467
2019 AppLovin Corp (APP) $65,385 $9,675,956

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