Krystal Biotech Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Krystal Biotech's CEO is Krish Krishnan, appointed in Dec 2015, has a tenure of 9.42 years. total yearly compensation is $15.60M, comprised of 5.1% salary and 94.9% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 5.3% of the company’s shares, worth €179.58M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 6.9 years respectively.

Key information

Krish Krishnan

Chief executive officer

US$15.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage5.14%
CEO tenure9.4yrs
CEO ownership5.3%
Management average tenure4.3yrs
Board average tenure6.9yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Krish Krishnan's remuneration changed compared to Krystal Biotech's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$124m

Dec 31 2024US$16mUS$802k

US$89m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$52m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$106m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$57m

Dec 31 2023US$6mUS$733k

US$11m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$30m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$140m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$135m

Dec 31 2022US$3mUS$645k

-US$140m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$130m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$115m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$104m

Dec 31 2021US$7mUS$581k

-US$70m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$58m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$52m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$43m

Dec 31 2020US$764kUS$498k

-US$32m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$27m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$22m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$20m

Dec 31 2019US$631kUS$366k

-US$19m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$17m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$16m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$13m

Dec 31 2018US$705kUS$200k

-US$11m

Compensation vs Market: Krish's total compensation ($USD15.60M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD3.13M).

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


CEO

Krish Krishnan (59 yo)

9.4yrs

Tenure

US$15,603,652

Compensation

Mr. Krish S. Krishnan, M.S., M.B.A., is Founder of Krystal Biotech, Inc. since December 2015. He has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Krystal Biotech, Inc. since December 2015. Mr. K...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Krish Krishnan
Founder9.4yrsUS$15.60m5.3%
€ 179.6m
Suma Krishnan
Founder9.4yrsUS$8.24m5.38%
€ 182.0m
Kathryn Romano
Executive VP & Chief Accounting Officer5.3yrsUS$3.05m0.067%
€ 2.3m
John Thomas
General Counsel & Corporate Secretaryno datano datano data
John Karakkal
Vice President of North American Sales & Marketingno datano datano data
Christine Wilson
Head of U.S. Sales & Marketing1.3yrsno datano data
Stephane Paquette
Vice President of Corporate Developmentno datano datano data
Josh Suskin
Senior Director & Head of US Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Laurent Goux
Senior VP & GM of Europeno datano datano data
David Chien
Senior Vice President of Clinical Development3.3yrsno datano data
Jennifer McDonough
Senior Vice President of Patient Access1.3yrsno datano data

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 1KRYS's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Krish Krishnan
Founder9.4yrsUS$15.60m5.3%
€ 179.6m
Suma Krishnan
Founder9.3yrsUS$8.24m5.38%
€ 182.0m
Daniel Janney
Lead Independent Director8.5yrsUS$702.69k0.37%
€ 12.6m
Dino Rossi
Independent Director7.9yrsUS$670.19k0.27%
€ 9.2m
Julian Gangolli
Independent Director6.2yrsUS$670.19k0%
€ 0
E. Sutherland
Independent Director3.3yrsUS$655.19k0%
€ 0
Christopher Mason
Independent Director4.3yrsUS$648.19k0%
€ 0
Kirti Ganorkar
Non-Employee Independent Director7.7yrsno datano data
Catherine Mazzacco
Independent Director2.2yrsUS$650.19k0%
€ 0
Samuel Broder
Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board5.3yrsno datano data

6.9yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 1KRYS's board of directors are considered experienced (6.9 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/19 11:12
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Krystal Biotech, Inc. is covered by 23 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Caroline PalomequeBerenberg
Alec StranahanBofA Global Research
Justin ZelinB. Riley Securities, Inc.