Ziff Davis: Pay

Ziff Davis paid its 4 named executives $20.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Vivek Shah was paid $11.8M of that.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $58
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

Vivek ShahPresident & Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Bret RichterChief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Jeremy D. RossenExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Lori TansleyChief Accounting Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2024 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 10 peers with pay on file was $9.6M. The CEO of Ziff Davis was paid $12.7M, 32% above the median.

  1. 1Match Group
  2. 2Zillow Group
  3. 3RingCentral
  4. 4Ziff Davis
  5. 5Jack Henry & Associates
  6. 6Yelp
  7. 7Cars.com
  8. 8New York Times
  9. 9Angi
  10. 10ZoomInfo Technologies
  11. 11Doximity
  12. 12BumbleNot disclosed
  13. 13IAC Inc.Not disclosed
  14. 14ShutterstockNot disclosed
  15. 15Smartsheet Inc.Not disclosed
  16. 16TechTarget, Inc.Not disclosed
  17. 17TripAdvisorNot 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.