Designer Brands
DBI· Retail Trade· Fiscal year ends in January
CEO pay in FY2025
Douglas M. Howe is the CEO of Designer Brands and was paid $7.9M in FY2025 (Jan), up 62%.
PayNo stock prices for these years
Executives7
See all- 1Douglas M. HoweChief Executive OfficerFY2025
- 2Jay L. SchottensteinExecutive ChairmanFY2025
- 3Deborah L. FerréeVice Chair and Chief Product OfficerFY2025
- 4Andrea O'DonnellExecutive Vice President President, BrandsFY2025
- 5Jared A. PoffFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative OfficerFY2025
- 6Mark A. HaleySenior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Interim Principal Financial OfficerFY2025
Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.
Pay
See allDesigner Brands paid its 6 named executives $23.3M in total in FY2025 (Jan). CEO Douglas M. Howe was paid $7.9M of that.
| Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas M. HoweChief Executive Officer | |||
| Jay L. SchottensteinExecutive Chairman | |||
| Deborah L. FerréeVice Chair and Chief Product Officer | |||
| Andrea O'DonnellExecutive Vice President President, Brands | Not disclosed | ||
| Jared A. PoffFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer | |||
| Mark A. HaleySenior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Interim Principal Financial Officer | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.
Peers15
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The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.
Board9
See all- Allan J. TanenbaumDirector · 20 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive
- Harvey L. SonnenbergDirector · 20 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Technology—Paid as an executive
- Elaine J. EisenmanDirector · 17 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Human Capital and Compensation (Chair)—Paid as an executive
- Joanna T. LauDirector · 17 yr on the boardIndependentHuman Capital and Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance, Technology (Chair)—Paid as an executive
- Douglas M. HoweDirector · 2 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
- Deborah L. FerréeDirector · 0 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).
Activity
Filings6
See all| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | May 7, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Mar 30, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | May 5, 2025 | FY2024 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Mar 24, 2025 | FY2024 |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | May 3, 2024 | FY2023 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Mar 25, 2024 | FY2023 |
