OVH Groupe Management
Management criteria checks 4/4
OVH Groupe's CEO is Octave Klaba, appointed in Oct 2025, has a tenure of less than a year. total yearly compensation is €4.36K, comprised of 11745% salary and -11645% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 4.59% of the company’s shares, worth €48.30M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.6 years and 4.2 years respectively.
Key information
Octave Klaba
Chief executive officer
€4.4k
Total compensation
| CEO salary percentage | 11,745.01% |
| CEO tenure | less than a year |
| CEO ownership | 4.6% |
| Management average tenure | 3.6yrs |
| Board average tenure | 4.2yrs |
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
| Date | Total Compensation | Salary | Company Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 2025 | €4k | n/a | €400k |
| May 31 2025 | n/a | n/a | €7m |
| Feb 28 2025 | n/a | n/a | €14m |
| Nov 30 2024 | n/a | n/a | -€5m |
| Aug 31 2024 | €517k | €512k | -€10m |
| May 31 2024 | n/a | n/a | -€21m |
| Feb 29 2024 | n/a | n/a | -€31m |
| Nov 30 2023 | n/a | n/a | -€29m |
| Aug 31 2023 | €518k | €512k | -€40m |
| May 31 2023 | n/a | n/a | -€35m |
| Feb 28 2023 | n/a | n/a | -€29m |
| Nov 30 2022 | n/a | n/a | -€29m |
| Aug 31 2022 | €518k | €512k | -€29m |
| May 31 2022 | n/a | n/a | -€15m |
| Feb 28 2022 | n/a | n/a | -€52m |
| Nov 30 2021 | n/a | n/a | -€42m |
| Aug 31 2021 | €518k | €512k | -€32m |
| May 31 2021 | n/a | n/a | -€51m |
| Aug 31 2020 | €513k | €512k | -€11m |
Compensation vs Market: Octave's total compensation ($USD5.07K) is below average for companies of similar size in the French market ($USD1.47M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Octave's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
Octave Klaba (50 yo)
Mr. Octave Klaba is Founder and Chairman at OVH Groupe S.A.(Formerly known OVH Groupe Société anonyme) and serves as its Director since October 14, 2021 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Offi...
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | less than a year | €4.36k | 4.59% € 48.3m | |
| Director of R&D Infrastructures and Director | 4.2yrs | €305.21k | 0.29% € 3.0m | |
| Director of R&D and Director | 4.2yrs | €243.81k | 4.51% € 47.5m | |
| Chief Financial Officer | 2.9yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Product & Technology Officer | 1.8yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Information Officer & Director of Information Systems | 3.6yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Legal Officer & Legal Director | 3.9yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Sales Officer | 1.9yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Human Resources Officer | 7.1yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Service Delivery Officer & Director of Services | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Customer Officer & Director of Customer Service | no data | no data | no data | |
| Chief Industrial Officer & Director of Industry | 3.6yrs | no data | no data |
Experienced Management: OVH's management team is considered experienced (3.6 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 4.2yrs | €4.36k | 4.59% € 48.3m | |
| Director of R&D Infrastructures and Director | 4.2yrs | €305.21k | 0.29% € 3.0m | |
| Director of R&D and Director | 4.2yrs | €243.81k | 4.51% € 47.5m | |
| Non-Voting Director | less than a year | no data | no data | |
| Independent Director | 4.2yrs | €57.50k | 0.00066% € 6.9k | |
| Lead Independent Director | less than a year | €18.53k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 4.2yrs | €62.50k | 0.0018% € 19.0k | |
| Independent Director | 4.2yrs | €75.00k | 0.0018% € 19.3k | |
| Employee Representative Director | 3.7yrs | no data | no data | |
| Employee Representative Director | less than a year | no data | no data |
Experienced Board: OVH's board of directors are considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2025/12/05 08:26 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/12/05 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/08/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/08/31 |
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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Analyst Sources
OVH Groupe S.A. is covered by 14 analysts. 11 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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| Ines Mao | BNP Paribas |
| Stefan Julien Slowinski | BNP Paribas |
| Alexandre Plaud | CIC Market Solutions (ESN) |
