Williams-Sonoma Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Williams-Sonoma's CEO is Laura Alber, appointed in Jul 2006, has a tenure of 18.42 years. total yearly compensation is $23.70M, comprised of 6.8% salary and 93.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.83% of the company’s shares, worth €180.05M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 4.1 years respectively.

Key information

Laura Alber

Chief executive officer

US$23.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage6.8%
CEO tenure18.4yrs
CEO ownership0.8%
Management average tenure2.3yrs
Board average tenure4.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Laura Alber's remuneration changed compared to Williams-Sonoma's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Oct 27 2024n/an/a

US$1b

Jul 28 2024n/an/a

US$1b

Apr 28 2024n/an/a

US$1b

Jan 28 2024US$24mUS$2m

US$950m

Oct 29 2023n/an/a

US$950m

Jul 30 2023n/an/a

US$965m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

US$1b

Jan 29 2023US$17mUS$2m

US$1b

Oct 30 2022n/an/a

US$1b

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

US$1b

May 01 2022n/an/a

US$1b

Jan 30 2022US$21mUS$2m

US$1b

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

US$1b

Aug 01 2021n/an/a

US$985m

May 02 2021n/an/a

US$873m

Jan 31 2021US$24mUS$2m

US$681m

Nov 01 2020n/an/a

US$538m

Aug 02 2020n/an/a

US$411m

May 03 2020n/an/a

US$339m

Feb 02 2020US$17mUS$2m

US$356m

Nov 03 2019n/an/a

US$345m

Aug 04 2019n/an/a

US$352m

May 05 2019n/an/a

US$341m

Feb 03 2019US$27mUS$1m

US$334m

Oct 28 2018n/an/a

US$274m

Jul 29 2018n/an/a

US$264m

Apr 29 2018n/an/a

US$265m

Jan 28 2018US$14mUS$1m

US$260m

Compensation vs Market: Laura's total compensation ($USD23.70M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD4.86M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Laura's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Laura Alber (55 yo)

18.4yrs

Tenure

US$23,696,540

Compensation

Ms. Laura J. Alber serves as an Independent Director at salesforce.com, inc. since November 30, 2021. She has been the Chief Executive Officer at Williams-sonoma Inc. since May 26, 2010 and has been its Pr...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Laura Alber
President18.4yrsUS$23.70m0.83%
€ 180.1m
Jeffrey Howie
Executive VP & CFO2.3yrsUS$6.92m0.038%
€ 8.2m
David King
Executive VP13.9yrsUS$3.60m0.082%
€ 17.9m
Jeremy Brooks
Senior VPno datano data0.0048%
€ 1.0m
Brian Yee
Senior VP of Corporate Finance & Treasurerno datano datano data
Sameer Hassan
Chief Technology & Digital Officerless than a yearno datano data
Abby Teisch
Executive Vice President of Marketing1.1yrsno datano data
Vicki McWilliams
Executive Vice President of Pottery Barn Kids & Pottery Barn Teen14.9yrsno datano data
Felix Carbullido
Executive VP & President of Williams Sonoma Brand2.4yrsno datano data
Jennifer Kellor
President of Pottery Barn Kids & Pottery Barn Teen Brandsno datano datano data
Day Kornbluth
President of West Elm1.7yrsno datano data
Brent Koslo
Chief Supply Chain Officer1.1yrsno datano data

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WM1's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Laura Alber
President14.9yrsUS$23.70m0.83%
€ 180.1m
Frits van Paasschen
Independent Director7.6yrsUS$302.27k0.025%
€ 5.3m
Anne Finucane
Independent Director3.1yrsUS$270.21k0.0056%
€ 1.2m
Scott Dahnke
Independent Chairman5.7yrsUS$501.33k0.032%
€ 7.0m
Arianna Huffington
Directorless than a yearno data0.00012%
€ 26.0k
Andrew Campion
Independent Directorless than a yearno datano data
William Ready
Independent Director4.8yrsUS$277.21k0.013%
€ 2.8m
Esi Bracey
Independent Director3.5yrsUS$263.74k0.0067%
€ 1.4m

4.1yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WM1's board of directors are considered experienced (4.1 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 04:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/10/27
Annual Earnings2024/01/28

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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  • 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

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is covered by 60 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Peter BenedictBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research