ZOZO Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

ZOZO's CEO is Kotaro Sawada, appointed in Sep 2019, has a tenure of 5.17 years. total yearly compensation is ¥157.00M, comprised of 38.2% salary and 61.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.027% of the company’s shares, worth $2.46M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.4 years and 1.4 years respectively.

Key information

Kotaro Sawada

Chief executive officer

JP¥157.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	38.2%
CEO tenure	5.2yrs
CEO ownership	0.03%
Management average tenure	2.4yrs
Board average tenure	1.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kotaro Sawada's remuneration changed compared to ZOZO's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	JP¥45b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	JP¥44b
Mar 31 2024	JP¥157m	JP¥60m	JP¥44b
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥41b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥41b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	JP¥41b
Mar 31 2023	JP¥124m	JP¥60m	JP¥40b

Compensation vs Market: Kotaro's total compensation ($USD1.02M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD7.91M).

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

CEO

Kotaro Sawada (54 yo)

5.2yrs

Tenure

JP¥157,000,000

Compensation

Mr. Kotaro Sawada serves as President, CEO & Representative Director of ZOZO, Inc. from September 12, 2019. He serves as Executive Officer of ZOZO, Inc. He served as Director at ZOZO, Inc. (formerly Start...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Kotaro Sawada	Executive Officer	5.2yrs	JP¥157.00m	0.027% $ 2.5m
Koji Yanagisawa	Executive Officer	15.6yrs	JP¥125.00m	0.056% $ 5.0m
Yusaku Maezawa	Founder	no data	no data	3.69% $ 332.4m
Fuminori Hirose	COO, Executive Officer & Executive Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.020% $ 1.8m
Naotoshi Seo	Executive Officer & CTO	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Toshiaki Shimizu	Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Takao Yamasaki	Executive Officer	no data	no data	no data
Christine Edman	Executive Officer	2.9yrs	no data	no data
Masahiro Tashiro	Executive Officer	2.4yrs	no data	no data
Yosuke Odaka	Executive Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Utahiro Inui	Executive Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data
Yuki Hashimoto	Executive Officer	1.8yrs	no data	no data

2.4yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SRTT.Y's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Kotaro Sawada	Executive Officer	11.4yrs	JP¥157.00m	0.027% $ 2.5m
Koji Yanagisawa	Executive Officer	15.6yrs	JP¥125.00m	0.056% $ 5.0m
Fuminori Hirose	COO, Executive Officer & Executive Director	3.4yrs	no data	0.020% $ 1.8m
Junko Utsunomiya	Independent Outside Director	1.4yrs	no data	0.0010% $ 91.1k
Makoto Hide	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Hiroko Igarashi	Independent Outside Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data
Taro Saito	Independent External Director	4.4yrs	no data	no data
Takuya Oikawa	Independent Outside Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Yuko Nagata	Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data
Takako Kansai	Independent Outside Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data
Kumiko Nishiyama	Independent Outside Director	1.4yrs	no data	no data

1.4yrs

Average Tenure

53yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SRTT.Y's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

ZOZO Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

ZOZO, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 26, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. Appoints Masahiro Tashiro as Executive Officer

Recent updates

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Jan 31, 2025

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Oct 31, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Jul 31, 2024

ZOZO, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 26, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on Apr 30, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. Revises Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Jan 31, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. (TSE:3092) announces an Equity Buyback for 5,000,000 shares, representing 1.67% for ¥10,000 million.

ZOZO, Inc. Announces Dividend for the Second Quarter End of Year Ending March 31, 2024, Payable on November 27, 2023; Provided Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Oct 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. Proposes Year End Dividend for Fiscal Year 2023

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Apr 27, 2023

Zozo, Inc. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. Revises Dividend Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Jan 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. Announces Dividend for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2023, Payable on November 28. 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Launches Zozofit 3D Body Measurement System to Revolutionize Fit Technology in Fitness and Body Transformation

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Oct 28, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Full Year Ending March 31, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Appoints Masahiro Tashiro as Executive Officer

ZOZO, Inc. Provides Year End Dividend Guidance for the Year Ending March 31, 2023

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Apr 27, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. (TSE:3092) announces an Equity Buyback for 8,544,000 shares, representing 2.8% for ¥32,000 million.

ZOZO, Inc. Provides Dividend Guidance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022 and Full Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Full Year Ended March 31, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Revises Year End Dividend Guidance for the Full Year Ending March 31, 2022

ZOZO, Inc. Launches ZOZOCOSME

Zozo, Inc. Revises Financial Guidance of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Jan 29, 2021

ZOZO Inc. Launches ZOZOSUIT 2, a 3D body measurement suit, and opens its measurement technologies, ZOZOSUIT 2 and the ZOZOMAT for business partnership

ZOZO, Inc. to Report Q2, 2021 Results on Oct 29, 2020

Zozo, Inc. Resumes Its Operations

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