SurgePays Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

SurgePays' CEO is Kevin Cox, appointed in Jul 2017, has a tenure of 7.33 years. total yearly compensation is $1.65M, comprised of 33.5% salary and 66.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 29.56% of the company’s shares, worth $9.63M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.3 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Kevin Cox

Chief executive officer

US$1.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage33.5%
CEO tenure7.3yrs
CEO ownership29.6%
Management average tenure7.3yrs
Board average tenure3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

SurgePays Hit By Sharp Revenue Decline (Rating Downgrade)

Nov 01

SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) Held Back By Insufficient Growth Even After Shares Climb 29%

Oct 06
SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) Held Back By Insufficient Growth Even After Shares Climb 29%

Little Excitement Around SurgePays, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:SURG) Earnings

Jul 17
Little Excitement Around SurgePays, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:SURG) Earnings

The Trend Of High Returns At SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Has Us Very Interested

May 21
The Trend Of High Returns At SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Has Us Very Interested

What Is SurgePays, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:SURG) Share Price Doing?

Apr 25
What Is SurgePays, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:SURG) Share Price Doing?

SurgePays' (NASDAQ:SURG) Attractive Earnings Are Not All Good News For Shareholders

Mar 19
SurgePays' (NASDAQ:SURG) Attractive Earnings Are Not All Good News For Shareholders

SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) Stocks Shoot Up 27% But Its P/S Still Looks Reasonable

Feb 16
SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG) Stocks Shoot Up 27% But Its P/S Still Looks Reasonable

Revenues Tell The Story For SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG)

Dec 25
Revenues Tell The Story For SurgePays, Inc. (NASDAQ:SURG)

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Jul 07
SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

SurgePays gains on on crossing 200,000 mobile broadband subscribers

Oct 05

Would SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Oct 05
Would SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Be Better Off With Less Debt?

Surgepays GAAP EPS of -$0.07, revenue of $28.01M

Aug 11

SurgePays crosses 150K mobile broadband subscribers

Jul 14

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Kevin Cox's remuneration changed compared to SurgePays's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$2m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$17m

Dec 31 2023US$2mUS$554k

US$21m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$21m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$12m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$5m

Dec 31 2022US$1mUS$548k

-US$681k

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$11m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$11m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$10m

Dec 31 2021US$772kUS$734k

-US$14m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$9m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$10m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$12m

Dec 31 2020US$288kUS$251k

-US$11m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$11m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$10m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$10m

Dec 31 2019US$94kUS$68k

-US$8m

Compensation vs Market: Kevin's total compensation ($USD1.65M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD648.89K).

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


CEO

Kevin Cox (49 yo)

7.3yrs

Tenure

US$1,653,624

Compensation

Mr. Kevin Brian Cox serves as President of SurgePays, Inc since 2024. He also served as Chairman of SurgePays, Inc. (formerly known as Surge Holdings, Inc.) since July 2017 until 2024. Mr. Cox serves as it...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kevin Cox
President7.3yrsUS$1.65m29.56%
$ 9.6m
Anthony Evers
CFO & Acting COO4.5yrsUS$4.15m1.46%
$ 475.6k
David Ansani
Secretary & Chief Administrative Officer7.3yrsUS$423.83k0.00071%
$ 231.3
Brian Prenoveau
Managing Director of MZno datano datano data

7.3yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SURG's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Kevin Cox
President7.3yrsUS$1.65m29.56%
$ 9.6m
David Keys
Independent Director5.3yrsUS$176.96k0.11%
$ 36.2k
Laurie Weisberg
Independent Director1.9yrsUS$132.72k0.075%
$ 24.6k
David May
Non-Independent Director3.8yrsUS$77.10k0.71%
$ 232.6k
Richard Schurfeld
Independent Director1.9yrsUS$132.72k0.22%
$ 72.6k

3.8yrs

Average Tenure

55yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SURG's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).