Wise Management
Management criteria checks 4/4
Wise's CEO is Kristo Kaarmann, appointed in Jan 2010, has a tenure of 14.92 years. total yearly compensation is £198.70K, comprised of 93.6% salary and 6.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 18.31% of the company’s shares, worth €2.35B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 3.5 years respectively.
Key information
Kristo Kaarmann
Chief executive officer
UK£198.7k
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage | 93.6% |
CEO tenure | 14.9yrs |
CEO ownership | 18.3% |
Management average tenure | 3.3yrs |
Board average tenure | 3.5yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
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Sep 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | UK£431m |
Jun 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | UK£393m |
Mar 31 2024 | UK£199k | UK£186k | UK£355m |
Dec 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | UK£286m |
Sep 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | UK£217m |
Jun 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | UK£166m |
Mar 31 2023 | UK£209k | UK£197k | UK£114m |
Dec 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | UK£86m |
Sep 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | UK£58m |
Jun 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | UK£45m |
Mar 31 2022 | UK£162k | UK£153k | UK£33m |
Compensation vs Market: Kristo's total compensation ($USD249.08K) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD4.86M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Kristo's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Kristo Kaarmann (44 yo)
14.9yrs
Tenure
UK£198,700
Compensation
Mr. Kristo Kaarmann is Co-Founder of Wise plc since 2010 and serves as its Director since April 28, 2021 & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kaarmann is in charge of all operations activities, technology, devel...
Leadership Team
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
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Co-Founder | 14.9yrs | UK£198.70k | 18.31% € 2.4b | |
CFO & Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Head of Global Operations | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Chief Technology Officer | 9.9yrs | no data | no data | |
Head of Investor Relations | no data | no data | no data | |
Chief Compliance Officer | 10.9yrs | no data | no data | |
General Counsel | 2.9yrs | no data | no data | |
Global Head of Communications | no data | no data | no data | |
Chief Marketing Officer | 3.8yrs | no data | no data | |
Chief People Officer | 2.5yrs | no data | no data | |
Global Head of Banking & Expansion | 5.5yrs | no data | no data | |
Chief Product Officer | 2.9yrs | no data | no data |
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
48yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: 6WS0's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
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Co-Founder | 3.7yrs | UK£198.70k | 18.31% € 2.4b | |
CFO & Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
Independent Non-Executive Director | 1.7yrs | UK£167.00k | no data | |
Independent Non-Executive Director | 2.9yrs | UK£170.00k | 0.00051% € 65.5k | |
Independent Non-Executive Chair | 3.5yrs | UK£308.00k | no data | |
Independent Non Executive Director | 3.5yrs | UK£199.00k | no data | |
Senior Independent Director | 3.5yrs | UK£203.00k | 0.0095% € 1.2m | |
Non-Executive Director | 3.5yrs | no data | no data | |
Independent Non-Executive Director | 3.5yrs | UK£184.00k | 0.0095% € 1.2m |
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
51yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: 6WS0's board of directors are considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2024/12/23 20:47 |
End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/23 00:00 |
Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
Annual Earnings | 2024/03/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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Company Financials | 10 years |
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Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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Market Prices | 30 years |
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Ownership | 10 years |
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Management | 10 years |
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Key Developments | 10 years |
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* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
Wise plc is covered by 25 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
Analyst | Institution |
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Sven Merkt | Barclays |
Orson Rout | Barclays |
Orson Rout | Barclays |