ZD · Ziff Davis, Inc. · Executive Compensation

$56.76 -0.95 (-1.65%)

S&P 600 member Russell 2000 member Rebalance outlook locked

Market Cap

$1.95B

34.29M

Volume · Oct 27 137.11K Avg daily vol (3M) 583.55K

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	$10,078,078	—	$656,000	$33,870	$11,767,948
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	$750,000	—	$3,527,362	—	$492,000	$32,995	$4,802,357
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$500,000	—	$1,864,467	—	$213,200	$33,620	$2,611,287
Lori Tansley	Chief Accounting Officer	$400,000	—	$503,931	—	$131,200	$34,214	$1,069,345

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	$10,941,058	—	$720,000	$32,312	$12,693,370
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	$750,000	—	$5,031,003	—	$540,000	$32,312	$6,353,315
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$500,000	—	$1,526,014	—	$234,000	$32,312	$2,292,326
Layth Taki	Former Chief Accounting Officer	$259,115	—	$1,036,532	—	—	$6,900	$1,302,547
Lori Tansley	Chief Accounting Officer	$33,333	—	$250,038	—	—	$1,343	$284,714

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	$625,000	—	$2,185,659	—	$418,303	$26,604	$3,255,566
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$500,000	—	$1,069,131	—	$217,518	$27,104	$1,813,753
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$669,285	$26,604	$1,695,889
Layth Taki	Former Chief Accounting Officer	$420,000	—	$712,776	—	$133,857	$7,716	$1,274,349
Lori Tansley	Chief Accounting Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	$625,000	—	$3,127,039	—	$275,419	$33,155	$4,060,613
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$475,000	—	$1,032,364	—	$132,201	$33,134	$1,672,699
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$440,670	$33,155	$1,473,825
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$340,000	—	$534,962	—	$72,589	$22,371	$969,922
Layth Taki	Former Chief Accounting Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lori Tansley	Chief Accounting Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	$13,514,102	—	$1,925,000	$30,009	$16,469,111
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$450,000	$225,000	$1,212,825	—	$577,500	$30,008	$2,495,333
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$325,000	$70,000	$749,466	—	$346,500	$21,670	$1,512,636
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Layth Taki	Chief Accounting Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Turicchi	Former President and Chief Financial Officer	$750,000	—	$2,919,206	—	$967,500	$26,423	$4,663,129
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$1,230,000	$26,423	$2,256,423
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$450,000	$18,000	$779,210	—	$455,000	$26,375	$1,728,585
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$305,000	$9,500	$518,145	—	$297,413	$19,013	$1,149,071
Bret Richter	Chief Financial Officer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Turicchi	Former President and Chief Financial Officer	$750,000	—	$2,741,299	—	$842,250	$18,233	$4,351,782
Vivek Shah	President & Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	—	—	$1,123,000	$25,953	$2,148,953
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$444,503	—	$703,591	—	$280,750	$18,233	$1,447,078
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$305,000	—	$472,424	—	$185,295	$13,737	$976,457

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Vivek Shah	Chief Executive Officer	$1,000,000	—	$35,494,000	$7,756,000	$783,000	$27,200	$45,060,200
Scott Turicchi	President and Chief Financial Officer	$715,559	—	$2,768,232	—	$664,250	$29,572	$4,177,613
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$417,347	—	$669,914	—	$184,005	$29,478	$1,300,744
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$299,260	—	$477,099	—	$129,195	$16,002	$921,556

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Scott Turicchi	President and Chief Financial Officer	$636,667	—	$2,239,894	—	$474,500	$23,466	$3,374,527
Vivek Shah	Chief Executive Officer	$661,932	—	$2,195,130	—	$164,299	$25,892	$3,047,253
Jeremy D. Rossen	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$393,333	—	$604,796	—	$185,000	$23,125	$1,206,254
Steve P. Dunn	Chief Accounting Officer	$281,667	—	$425,579	—	$136,000	$15,213	$858,459

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Lori Tansley	Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer	Appointed	2024-12-02	2024-11-26
Layth Taki	Chief Accounting Officer	Resigned	2024-08-16	2024-07-24
Neville Ray	director of the Board	Appointed	2024-01-09	2024-01-11
Kirk McDonald	director of the Board	Appointed	2023-11-15	2023-11-17
Jon Miller	member of the Board, as well as the Compensation Committee and the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee	Resigned	2023-09-25	2023-09-28
Jana Barsten	director of the Board	Appointed	2023-11-13	2023-08-09
Layth Taki	Chief Accounting Officer	Appointed	2022-09-27	2022-09-12

Leadership

Sarah Fay Chairman, Board Member
Steve Dunn CFO
Jeremy D. Rossen General Counsel
Bret Richter Chief Accounting Officer
Layth Taki Chief Accounting Officer
Lori Tansley Chief Accounting Officer
Steve P. Dunn Chief Accounting Officer
Jana Barsten Board Member
Kirk McDonald Board Member
Neville Ray Board Member
Pamela Sutton-Wallace Board Member
Scott C. Taylor Board Member
Trace Harris Board Member
Vivek Shah Board Member
William Brian Kretzmer Board Member

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