Designer Brands: Pay

Designer Brands paid its 6 named executives $23.3M in total in FY2025 (Jan). CEO Douglas M. Howe was paid $7.9M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Douglas M. HoweChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
FY2023 (Jan)
FY2022 (Jan)Not disclosed
4 years
Jay L. SchottensteinExecutive Chairman
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
FY2023 (Jan)
FY2022 (Jan)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Jan)Not disclosed
5 years
Deborah L. FerréeVice Chair and Chief Product Officer
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
FY2023 (Jan)
FY2022 (Jan)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Jan)Not disclosed
5 years
Andrea O'DonnellExecutive Vice President President, Brands
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
2 years
Jared A. PoffFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer
FY2025 (Jan)
FY2024 (Jan)
FY2023 (Jan)
FY2022 (Jan)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Jan)Not disclosed
5 years
Mark A. HaleySenior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Interim Principal Financial Officer
FY2025 (Jan)
1 year

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Jan), the median CEO pay of the 7 peers with pay on file was $10.1M. CEO pay of Designer Brands for that year is not on file.

  1. 1Tapestry
  2. 2American Eagle Outfitters
  3. 3Crocs
  4. 4Deckers Outdoor
  5. 5Genesco
  6. 6Columbia Sportswear
  7. 7Urban Outfitters
  8. 8Designer BrandsNot disclosed
  9. 9Abercrombie & Fitch Co.Not disclosed
  10. 10Bath & Body WorksNot disclosed
  11. 11CaleresNot disclosed
  12. 12Carter’s, Inc.Not disclosed
  13. 13Foot Locker, Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14Steve Madden, Ltd.Not disclosed
  15. 15The Children’s Place, Inc.Not disclosed
  16. 16Wolverine World Wide, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.