John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

NYSE:WLYB Stock Report

Market Cap: US$2.8b

John Wiley & Sons Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

John Wiley & Sons' CEO is Matt Kissner, appointed in Oct 2023, has a tenure of 1.08 years. total yearly compensation is $3.74M, comprised of 13% salary and 87% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.058% of the company’s shares, worth $1.63M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 9.9 years respectively.

Key information

Matt Kissner

Chief executive officer

US$3.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage13.0%
CEO tenure1.1yrs
CEO ownership0.06%
Management average tenure4.8yrs
Board average tenure9.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

John Wiley & Sons: (Still) Less Compelling Than Treasuries

Oct 16

John Wiley & Sons: Still Less Compelling Than Treasuries

Jun 14

John Wiley & Sons: Closer But Not Yet

Feb 17

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Matt Kissner's remuneration changed compared to John Wiley & Sons's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jul 31 2024n/an/a

-US$109m

Apr 30 2024US$4mUS$488k

-US$200m

Jan 31 2024n/an/a

-US$157m

Oct 31 2023n/an/a

-US$115m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

-US$57m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

US$17m

Jan 31 2023n/an/a

-US$8m

Oct 31 2022n/an/a

US$99m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

US$117m

Apr 30 2022n/an/a

US$148m

Jan 31 2022n/an/a

US$146m

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

US$133m

Jul 31 2021n/an/a

US$146m

Apr 30 2021US$2mUS$555k

US$148m

Jan 31 2021n/an/a

-US$51m

Oct 31 2020n/an/a

-US$38m

Jul 31 2020n/an/a

-US$62m

Apr 30 2020US$2mUS$600k

-US$74m

Jan 31 2020n/an/a

US$147m

Oct 31 2019n/an/a

US$146m

Jul 31 2019n/an/a

US$146m

Apr 30 2019US$301kn/a

US$168m

Jan 31 2019n/an/a

US$159m

Oct 31 2018n/an/a

US$193m

Jul 31 2018n/an/a

US$209m

Apr 30 2018US$2mUS$455k

US$192m

Compensation vs Market: Matt's total compensation ($USD3.74M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.64M).

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

CEO

Matt Kissner (70 yo)

1.1yrs

Tenure

US$3,741,850

Compensation

Mr. Matthew S. Kissner, also known as Matt, serves as Chief Executive Officer at John Wiley & Sons, Inc. since December 2023, served as its Interim Chief Executive Officer since October 10, 2023 until Dece...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Jesse Wiley
Non-Executive Chairman12.2yrsUS$367.80k0.045%
$ 1.3m
Matthew Kissner
President1.1yrsUS$3.74m0.058%
$ 1.6m
Aref Matin
Executive VP & CTO6.5yrsUS$2.70m0.074%
$ 2.1m
Danielle McMahan
Executive VP & Chief People Officer5yrsUS$2.03m0.017%
$ 466.0k
James Flynn
Executive VP and GM of Research & Learningno dataUS$2.51m0.023%
$ 640.5k
Christopher Caridi
Interim CFO4.1yrsno data0.019%
$ 544.7k
Andrew Weber
Senior Vice President of Operations1.8yrsno datano data
Brian Campbell
Vice President16.8yrsno datano data
Deirdre Silver
Executive VP & General Counsel4.8yrsno data0.034%
$ 963.4k
Josh Jarrett
Senior Vice President of Strategy3.8yrsno datano data
Kevin Monaco
Senior VP of Tax & Treasurer6.1yrsno data0.016%
$ 448.3k

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

56.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WLYB's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Jesse Wiley
Non-Executive Chairman12.2yrsUS$367.80k0.045%
$ 1.3m
Matthew Kissner
President1.1yrsUS$3.74m0.058%
$ 1.6m
George Bell
Independent Director13.8yrsUS$298.66kno data
William Pesce
Independent Director26.5yrsUS$249.48k0.16%
$ 4.4m
Raymond McDaniel
Independent Director19.2yrsUS$333.48k0.00092%
$ 25.9k
Mari Baker
Independent Director13.2yrsUS$292.80kno data
Inder Singh
Independent Director2.9yrsUS$230.59kno data
David Dobson
Independent Director7.7yrsUS$250.81k0.0063%
$ 176.1k
Beth Birnbaum
Independent Director6.2yrsUS$268.90kno data
Brian Hemphill
Independent Director2.4yrsUS$234.05kno data

9.9yrs

Average Tenure

63yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WLYB's board of directors are considered experienced (9.9 years average tenure).