Couchbase Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Couchbase's CEO is Matt Cain, appointed in Apr 2017, has a tenure of 7.75 years. total yearly compensation is $7.95M, comprised of 6.4% salary and 93.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.27% of the company’s shares, worth €10.09M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 5.5 years respectively.

Key information

Matt Cain

Chief executive officer

US$7.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage6.4%
CEO tenure7.8yrs
CEO ownership1.3%
Management average tenure2.3yrs
Board average tenure5.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Matt Cain's remuneration changed compared to Couchbase's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Oct 31 2024n/an/a

-US$80m

Jul 31 2024n/an/a

-US$79m

Apr 30 2024n/an/a

-US$79m

Jan 31 2024US$8mUS$510k

-US$80m

Oct 31 2023n/an/a

-US$75m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

-US$76m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

-US$71m

Jan 31 2023US$2mUS$485k

-US$68m

Oct 31 2022n/an/a

-US$65m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

-US$64m

Apr 30 2022n/an/a

-US$65m

Jan 31 2022US$6mUS$450k

-US$61m

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

-US$59m

Jul 31 2021n/an/a

-US$55m

Apr 30 2021n/an/a

-US$49m

Jan 31 2021US$2mUS$400k

-US$44m

Compensation vs Market: Matt's total compensation ($USD7.95M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.45M).

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


CEO

Matt Cain (46 yo)

7.8yrs

Tenure

US$7,949,143

Compensation

Mr. Matthew M. Cain, also known as Matt, has been the Chief Executive Officer at Couchbase, Inc. since April 12, 2017 and serves as its President since April 2017 and Chair since November 2022. Mr. Cain ha...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Matthew Cain
Chair, President & CEO7.8yrsUS$7.95m1.27%
€ 10.1m
Gregory Henry
Senior VP & CFO8.2yrsUS$3.79m0.69%
€ 5.5m
Huw Owen
Senior VP & Chief Revenue Officer2.6yrsUS$2.47m0.15%
€ 1.2m
James Phillips
Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Productsno datano datano data
Dustin Sallings
Co-Founder and Chief Architectno datano datano data
Steve Yen
Co-Founderno datano datano data
Jan Lehnardt
Co-Founderno datano datano data
William Carey
Chief Accounting Officer1.8yrsno data0.033%
€ 265.4k
Julie Irish
Senior VP & Chief Information Officerless than a yearno datano data
Margaret Chow
Senior VP4.8yrsUS$878.58k0.32%
€ 2.6m
Josh Harbert
SVP & Chief Marketing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Fidelma Butler
Senior VP & Chief People Officer1.9yrsno datano data

2.3yrs

Average Tenure

47yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 1V3's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Matthew Cain
Chair, President & CEO7.8yrsUS$7.95m1.27%
€ 10.1m
Cadir Lee
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Carol Carpenter
Independent Director3.7yrsUS$237.65k0.031%
€ 245.1k
David Scott
Independent Director6.3yrsUS$239.15k0.041%
€ 327.1k
Frank Artale
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Richard Simonson
Lead Independent Director4.6yrsUS$268.90k0.062%
€ 492.6k
InSik Rhee
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Michael Olson
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Roy Fielding
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Chris Wensel
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Robert Johnson
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Josh Berkus
Member of Advisory Boardno datano datano data

5.5yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 1V3's board of directors are considered experienced (5.5 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 03:09
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

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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

Couchbase, Inc. is covered by 17 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert OliverBaird
Raimo LenschowBarclays
Rudy KessingerD.A. Davidson & Co.