Ambarella Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Ambarella's CEO is Fermi Wang, appointed in Jan 2004, has a tenure of 20.17 years. total yearly compensation is $5.90M, comprised of 9.5% salary and 90.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 2% of the company’s shares, worth $41.36M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 9.8 years and 11.6 years respectively.

Key information

Fermi Wang

Chief executive officer

US$5.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage9.5%
CEO tenure20.2yrs
CEO ownership2.0%
Management average tenure9.8yrs
Board average tenure11.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Are Investors Undervaluing Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) By 30%?

Mar 26
Are Investors Undervaluing Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) By 30%?

Ambarella: More Talk Than Performance

Mar 24

Why Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Could Be Worth Watching

Mar 03
Why Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Could Be Worth Watching

Ambarella: Shift Forward To FY26, And Upgrade To Buy

Jan 10

Pinning Down Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) P/S Is Difficult Right Now

Jan 07
Pinning Down Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) P/S Is Difficult Right Now

Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

Dec 20
Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Oct 29
What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Revenue Downgrade: Here's What Analysts Forecast For Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

Aug 31
Revenue Downgrade: Here's What Analysts Forecast For Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

Calculating The Fair Value Of Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

Aug 26
Calculating The Fair Value Of Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)

What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Jul 21
What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Shares Could Be 23% Above Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

May 23
Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Shares Could Be 23% Above Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Is It Time To Consider Buying Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)?

Apr 09
Is It Time To Consider Buying Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA)?

News Flash: 17 Analysts Think Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Earnings Are Under Threat

Mar 02
News Flash: 17 Analysts Think Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Earnings Are Under Threat

What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Dec 28
What Does Ambarella, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMBA) Share Price Indicate?

Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Analysts Are Reducing Their Forecasts For Next Year

Dec 07
Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Analysts Are Reducing Their Forecasts For Next Year

An Intrinsic Calculation For Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Suggests It's 48% Undervalued

Nov 12
An Intrinsic Calculation For Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Suggests It's 48% Undervalued

Ambarella: An Earnings Beat Likely, But Shares Stuck In A Range

Aug 29

Is Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Trading At A 48% Discount?

Aug 04
Is Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMBA) Trading At A 48% Discount?

Ambarella Stock Forecast: Where Will It Be By 2025?

Jun 17

Ambarella: Not Ready To Roll, Just Yet

Jun 01

Ambarella: Ready To Roll

Mar 17

Ambarella: Investments Are Set To Pay Off

Mar 10

Acceleration At Ambarella

Jan 15

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Fermi Wang's remuneration changed compared to Ambarella's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jan 31 2024n/an/a

-US$169m

Oct 31 2023n/an/a

-US$120m

Jul 31 2023n/an/a

-US$98m

Apr 30 2023n/an/a

-US$90m

Jan 31 2023US$6mUS$561k

-US$65m

Oct 31 2022n/an/a

-US$63m

Jul 31 2022n/an/a

-US$43m

Apr 30 2022n/an/a

-US$26m

Jan 31 2022n/an/a

-US$26m

Oct 31 2021n/an/a

-US$30m

Jul 31 2021n/an/a

-US$48m

Apr 30 2021n/an/a

-US$55m

Jan 31 2021US$6mUS$379k

-US$60m

Oct 31 2020n/an/a

-US$60m

Jul 31 2020n/an/a

-US$48m

Apr 30 2020n/an/a

-US$43m

Jan 31 2020US$5mUS$368k

-US$45m

Oct 31 2019n/an/a

-US$36m

Jul 31 2019n/an/a

-US$41m

Apr 30 2019n/an/a

-US$38m

Jan 31 2019US$4mUS$357k

-US$30m

Oct 31 2018n/an/a

-US$25m

Jul 31 2018n/an/a

-US$4m

Apr 30 2018n/an/a

US$6m

Jan 31 2018US$5mUS$340k

US$19m

Compensation vs Market: Fermi's total compensation ($USD5.90M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD5.10M).

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


CEO

Fermi Wang (59 yo)

20.2yrs

Tenure

US$5,904,850

Compensation

Dr. Feng-Ming Wang, also known as Fermi, PhD., Co-founded Ambarella, Inc in January 2004 and has been its Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President since January 2004. Prior to co-founding...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Feng-Ming Wang
Co-Founder20.2yrsUS$5.90m2%
$ 41.4m
Leslie Kohn
Co-Founder20.2yrsUS$3.15m2.4%
$ 49.5m
John Young
Chief Financial Officerless than a yearUS$2.01m0.27%
$ 5.5m
Chan Lee
Chief Operating Officer2.5yrsUS$2.86m0.31%
$ 6.4m
Chi-Hong Ju
Senior VP of Systems & GM of Asia Design Centers2.5yrsUS$2.17m0.46%
$ 9.5m
Didier LeGall
Co-Founder19.8yrsno datano data
Michael Morehead
General Counsel & Secretary14.2yrsno datano data
Christopher Day
Vice President of Marketing & Business Development14yrsUS$1.25m0.058%
$ 1.2m
Louis Gerhardy
Vice President of Corporate Developmentno datano datano data
Amee Orozco-Guiriba
Vice President of Human Resources4.2yrsno datano data
George Laplante
Non-Financial Consultant5.5yrsUS$359.32kno data

9.8yrs

Average Tenure

60.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: AMBA's management team is seasoned and experienced (9.8 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Feng-Ming Wang
Co-Founder20.2yrsUS$5.90m2%
$ 41.4m
Leslie Kohn
Co-Founder20.2yrsUS$3.15m2.4%
$ 49.5m
Andrew Verhalen
Lead Independent Director20.2yrsUS$263.74k0.23%
$ 4.8m
Christopher Paisley
Independent Director11.6yrsUS$261.99k0.092%
$ 1.9m
Chenming C. Hu
Independent Director12.3yrsUS$256.74k0.051%
$ 1.0m
Anne De Greef-Safft
Independent Director2.1yrsUS$399.69k0.010%
$ 214.4k
David Jeffrey Richardson
Independent Director10yrsUS$266.99k0.048%
$ 985.3k
Hsiao-Wuen Hon
Independent Director6.6yrsUS$246.74k0.055%
$ 1.1m
Elizabeth Schwarting
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$251.99k0.011%
$ 233.6k

11.6yrs

Average Tenure

60yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: AMBA's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.6 years average tenure).


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