Wayfair Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Wayfair's CEO is Niraj Shah, appointed in Jan 2002, has a tenure of 22.33 years. total yearly compensation is $225.17K, comprised of 35.5% salary and 64.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 9.33% of the company’s shares, worth $563.19M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.8 years and 6 years respectively.

Key information

Niraj Shah

Chief executive officer

US$225.2k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage35.5%
CEO tenure22.3yrs
CEO ownership9.3%
Management average tenure1.8yrs
Board average tenure6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Wayfair: Falling Short Of Profitability Targets, Even With Cost Cuts

Apr 20

Wayfair: Primed For A Selloff (Rating Downgrade)

Apr 12

Wayfair: Newly Launched Initiative To Support Share Gain Momentum

Mar 18

Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Shares Could Be 45% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Mar 12
Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Shares Could Be 45% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Wayfair Has A Long Road To Recovery (Rating Downgrade)

Jan 29

Wayfair Doesn't Need A Chinese Buyout

Dec 29

Investors Appear Satisfied With Wayfair Inc.'s (NYSE:W) Prospects As Shares Rocket 36%

Dec 18
Investors Appear Satisfied With Wayfair Inc.'s (NYSE:W) Prospects As Shares Rocket 36%

Wayfair: Good Execution, Margin Expansion, Reiterate Buy

Dec 07

Wayfair: Potential 2024 Recession Increases The Risk Of Significant Decline

Nov 20

Wayfair's Marketplace Model: Unleashing Long-Term Potential

Nov 03

Wayfair: Still Risky, But Some Positive Indicators (Ratings Upgrade)

Oct 11

Wayfair's Market Share Gain Strategy And Financial Realities

Sep 18

Wayfair Returned To Growth (Upgrade)

Sep 07

Wayfair Still Burns A Lot Of Cash - Time To Short The Stock

Aug 16

Wayfair: Sell This Year's Rally (Rating Downgrade)

Jul 11

Is Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Trading At A 50% Discount?

Jun 17
Is Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Trading At A 50% Discount?

Wayfair: Investor Concerns And Our Target Price

Jun 09

Wayfair: Financially Distressed Retailer Prone To Recession

May 23

Wayfair Stock: More Downside On The Table

Feb 24

Wayfair gains amid M Science report on improving share trends

Feb 15

Wayfair's 11% Yielding Debt Is Too Risky

Feb 01

Does Wayfair Need To Exist?

Jan 25

Wayfair: Down 90% And Still Expensive

Jan 10

Wayfair: Strong Brand With A Super Logistics Setup

Jan 03

Wayfair migrates data center applications to Google Cloud

Oct 11

Wayfair proposes $600M convertible senior notes offering

Sep 07

Wayfair: No Easy Fix

Aug 24

Wayfair Q2 2022 Earnings Preview

Aug 03

Wayfair: Not Many Reasons For Optimism

Jul 18

Wayfair: A Return To Negative Adjusted EBITDA And Free Cash Flow

Jun 02

Alphyn Capital - Wayfair: An Attractive Supplier Partner

Apr 27

Wayfair: Put On The Watchlist, But Don't Rush To Buy

Apr 14

Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Shares Could Be 42% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Apr 14
Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W) Shares Could Be 42% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Niraj Shah's remuneration changed compared to Wayfair's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2023US$225kUS$80k

-US$738m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$915m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$1b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$1b

Dec 31 2022US$751kUS$80k

-US$1b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$1b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$977m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$468m

Dec 31 2021US$227kUS$80k

-US$131m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$95m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$346m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$489m

Dec 31 2020US$83kUS$80k

US$185m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$169m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$614m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$1b

Dec 31 2019US$83kUS$80k

-US$985m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$798m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$678m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$597m

Dec 31 2018US$83kUS$80k

-US$504m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-US$433m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$358m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$296m

Dec 31 2017US$83kUS$80k

-US$245m

Compensation vs Market: Niraj's total compensation ($USD225.17K) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD8.39M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Niraj's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Niraj Shah (49 yo)

22.3yrs

Tenure

US$225,167

Compensation

Mr. Niraj S. Shah is Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & CEO of Wayfair LLC. He Co-Founded ZIZO Home Pty Ltd. in 2008 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman.He serves as Member of Strategic Advis...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Niraj Shah
Co-Founder22.3yrsUS$225.17k9.33%
$ 563.2m
Steven Conine
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman22.3yrsUS$150.30k9.32%
$ 563.1m
Kate Gulliver
CFO & Chief Administrative Officer1.5yrsUS$5.15m0.069%
$ 4.1m
Thomas Netzer
Chief Operating Officer4.8yrsUS$4.71m0.11%
$ 6.7m
Fiona Tan
Chief Technology Officer2.2yrsUS$4.71m0.098%
$ 5.9m
Jon Blotner
Chief Commercial Officerless than a yearUS$3.28m0.032%
$ 1.9m
Enrique Colbert
General Counsel & Secretaryno datano datano data
Paul Toms
Chief Marketing Officerless than a yearno datano data
Ryan Gilchrist
Chief People Officerless than a yearno datano data
Adam Sinoway
VP & Global Head of Category Managementno datano datano data
Sascha Hower
Chief Global Supply Chain Officer2.6yrsno datano data
Corey Gilbertson
Vice President & Global Head of Pricing & Profitabilityless than a yearno datano data

1.8yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: W's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Niraj Shah
Co-Founder22.3yrsUS$225.17k9.33%
$ 563.2m
Steven Conine
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman22.3yrsUS$150.30k9.32%
$ 563.1m
Michael Choe
Independent Director4yrsUS$260.87k0.14%
$ 8.5m
Michael Kumin
Lead Independent Director12.9yrsUS$246.93k0.26%
$ 15.5m
Andrea Jung
Independent Director6yrsUS$228.27k0.0079%
$ 477.1k
Jeffrey Naylor
Independent Director6.3yrsUS$246.93k0.015%
$ 922.8k
Michael Sneed
Independent Director3.5yrsUS$230.22k0.0099%
$ 595.5k
Anke Schaferkordt
Independent Director4.7yrsUS$230.22k0.0079%
$ 479.5k
Jeremy King
Independent Director2.8yrsUS$228.27k0.0055%
$ 331.6k

6.0yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: W's board of directors are considered experienced (6 years average tenure).


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