InterDigital Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

InterDigital's CEO is Liren Chen, appointed in Apr 2021, has a tenure of 4.25 years. total yearly compensation is $7.26M, comprised of 9.8% salary and 90.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.7% of the company’s shares, worth €35.20M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.8 years and 8.5 years respectively.

Key information

Liren Chen

Chief executive officer

US$7.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage9.78%
CEO tenure4.3yrs
CEO ownership0.7%
Management average tenure3.8yrs
Board average tenure8.5yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Liren Chen's remuneration changed compared to InterDigital's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$393m

Dec 31 2024US$7mUS$710k

US$359m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$265m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$278m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$190m

Dec 31 2023US$5mUS$706k

US$214m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$207m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$182m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$181m

Dec 31 2022US$5mUS$690k

US$94m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$83m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$87m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$68m

Dec 31 2021US$11mUS$504k

US$55m

Compensation vs Market: Liren's total compensation ($USD7.26M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Italian market ($USD2.17M).

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


CEO

Liren Chen (54 yo)

4.3yrs
Tenure
US$7,257,868
Compensation

Mr. Lawrence Chen, also known as Liren, is Director of Arrow Electronics, Inc. from December 11, 2024. Mr. Chen serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of InterDigital, Inc., since April...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Lawrence Chen
President4.3yrsUS$7.26m0.70%
€ 35.2m
Richard Brezski
Executive VP14.3yrsUS$2.70m0.36%
€ 17.8m
Rajesh Pankaj
Executive VP & CTO3yrsUS$2.96m0.30%
€ 14.8m
Joshua Schmidt
Executive VP3.8yrsUS$2.14m0.11%
€ 5.6m
Raiford Garrabrant
Head of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Robert Stien
Executive VP & Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer3.8yrsno datano data
Xiaofei Wang
Chair of the IEEE 802.11 AIML3yrsno datano data
Diana Pani
VP & Head of Wireless Standardsno datano datano data
Julia Mattis
Interim Chief Licensing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Richard Lloyd
Communications Directorno datano datano data
3.8yrs
Average Tenure
53yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: 1IDCC's management team is considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Lawrence Chen
President4.3yrsUS$7.26m0.70%
€ 35.2m
John Markley
Independent Director8.7yrsUS$300.00k0.046%
€ 2.3m
Samir Armaly
Independent Director2.1yrsUS$293.51k0.016%
€ 802.3k
Stewart Hutcheson
Independent Chairman of the Board11yrsUS$357.50k0.081%
€ 4.0m
Jean Rankin
Independent Director15.1yrsUS$305.42k0.11%
€ 5.3m
John Kritzmacher
Independent Director16.1yrsUS$312.50k0.076%
€ 3.8m
Derek Aberle
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$297.00k0.028%
€ 1.4m
Joan Gillman
Independent Director8.3yrsUS$302.00k0.086%
€ 4.3m
8.5yrs
Average Tenure
60.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: 1IDCC's board of directors are considered experienced (8.5 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/22 14:21
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/22 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

InterDigital, Inc. is covered by 20 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Brett SimpsonArete Research Services LLP
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Amir RozwadowskiBarclays