Zai Lab Limited

DB:1ZLB Stock Report

Market Cap: €1.7b

Zai Lab Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Zai Lab's CEO is Samantha Du, appointed in Jan 2014, has a tenure of 12.42 years. total yearly compensation is $10.68M, comprised of 8.5% salary and 91.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.03% of the company’s shares, worth €17.27M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.5 years and 6.5 years respectively.

Key information

Samantha Du

Chief executive officer

US$10.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage8.51%
CEO tenure12.4yrs
CEO ownership1.0%
Management average tenure4.5yrs
Board average tenure6.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Samantha Du's remuneration changed compared to Zai Lab's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2026n/an/a

-US$178m

Dec 31 2025US$11mUS$909k

-US$176m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-US$207m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-US$213m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$252m

Dec 31 2024US$9mUS$901k

-US$257m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$271m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$298m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$339m

Dec 31 2023US$12mUS$869k

-US$335m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$301m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$393m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$410m

Dec 31 2022US$20mUS$830k

-US$443m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$593m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$529m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$554m

Dec 31 2021US$15mUS$774k

-US$704m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$569m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$537m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$454m

Dec 31 2020US$9mUS$689k

-US$269m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$239m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$240m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$201m

Dec 31 2019US$9mUS$656k

-US$195m

Compensation vs Market: Samantha's total compensation ($USD10.68M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.83M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Samantha's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Samantha Du (60 yo)

12.4yrs
Tenure
US$10,677,221
Compensation

Dr. Ying Du, Ph D., also known as Samantha, serves as Founding Managing Director at Quan Capital. She served as Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital China.Dr. Du serves as an adjunct professor at Fudan Univ...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ying Du
Founder12.4yrsUS$10.68m1.03%
€ 17.3m
Rafael G. Amado
President and Head of Global Research & Developmentno dataUS$4.01m0.051%
€ 849.9k
Yajing Chen
Chief Financial Officer2.9yrsUS$3.19m0.028%
€ 472.6k
Frazor Titus Edmondson
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary5.8yrsUS$3.28m0.018%
€ 295.9k
Christine Chiou
Senior VP & Head of Investor Relations3.1yrsno datano data
James Yan
Chief Operating Officer of Global R&D11.4yrsno datano data
Shan He
Senior VP & Chief Business Officerless than a yearno datano data
4.5yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: 1ZLB's management team is considered experienced (4.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Ying Du
Founder12.4yrsUS$10.68m1.03%
€ 17.3m
Leon Moulder
Non-Executive Director6.4yrsUS$479.74k0.065%
€ 1.1m
Peter Karl Wirth
Independent Director9.4yrsUS$482.49k0.35%
€ 5.9m
John David Diekman
Lead Independent Director9.4yrsUS$513.61k0.089%
€ 1.5m
Scott William Morrison
Independent Director4.7yrsUS$474.99k0.031%
€ 514.8k
Thomas F. Gajewski
Member of Oncology Scientific Advisory Board1yrno datano data
William David Lis
Independent Director7.7yrsUS$456.11k0.031%
€ 523.4k
Lieping Chen
Member of Oncology Scientific Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Michel Vounatsos
Independent Director3.4yrsUS$472.97k0.045%
€ 751.5k
Richard Brian Gaynor
Independent Director4.6yrsUS$465.94k0.050%
€ 844.1k
Timothy A. Yap
Member of Oncology Scientific Advisory Board6.5yrsno datano data
Wing-Yu Leung
Independent Director12.4yrsno datano data
6.5yrs
Average Tenure
68yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: 1ZLB's board of directors are considered experienced (6.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/11 10:32
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/11 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Zai Lab Limited is covered by 33 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Rebecca LiangBernstein
Bo LiBofA Global Research
Louise ChenCantor Fitzgerald & Co.