Douglas Howe compensation by year
Designer Brands Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held| Component | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $740,385 | $1,205,769 | $1,200,000 | $1,213,154 |
| Bonus | $250,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $8,549,964 | $4,500,008 | $3,666,654 | $6,116,655 |
| Option awards | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $1,497,375 | $0 | $0 | $575,363 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| All other | $192,867 | $13,835 | $16,099 | $14,556 |
| Total | $11,230,591 | $5,719,612 | $4,882,753 | $7,919,728 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Designer Brands Inc. DEF 14A filed May 7, 2026, accession 0001319947-26-000032, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the Designer Brands Inc. filed document, accession 0001319947-26-000032. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed May 7, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 1,897,365 | $12,029,294 | — |
| PSU | 788,811 | $5,001,062 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Designer Brands Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
2 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed May 7, 2026)current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Grant or award derivative | — | 19,518 | $0.00 | 134,257 |
| 2026-07-08 | Grant or award derivative | — | 20,527 | $0.00 | 114,904 |
The 2 most recent of 2 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
Designer Brands’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Howe · this page | Chief Executive Officer | $7,919,728 |
| Jay Schottenstein | Executive Chairman | $6,410,223 |
| Deborah Ferré | Vice Chair and Chief Product Officer | $4,034,574 |
| Deborah Ferrée | Vice Chair and Chief Product Officer | $4,034,574 |
| Andrea O'Donnell | Executive Vice President, President, Brands | $2,203,635 |
| Jared Poff | Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer | $1,705,152 |
| Mark Haley | Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Interim Principal Financial Officer | $991,044 |
Board service
Designer Brands board · FY2023–FY2025How this board is paid
Company policy: Designer Brands pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $165,000 in Stock Units. As stated in Designer Brands's FY2026 proxy.
The full Designer Brands compensation record
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How this record is built
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