Independent Director · ZIFF DAVIS, INC. (ZD)

Chair, Compensation Committee

Scott C. Taylor director compensation at Ziff Davis (FY2025): $335K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for Scott C. Taylor at ZIFF DAVIS, INC.. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed March 26, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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ZIFF DAVIS Director Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ZIFF DAVIS reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$85,000$249,972$0$0$334,972
FY2024$85,000$199,958——$284,958
FY2023$85,000$199,943$0$0$284,943
FY2021$70,000$200,122——$270,122

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ZIFF DAVIS, INC. DEF 14A filed March 26, 2026, accession 0001084048-26-000016, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ZIFF DAVIS, INC. filed document, accession 0001084048-26-000016. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 26, 2026.

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$334,972 Scott C. Taylor, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of March 26, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

ZIFF DAVIS pays directors a $70,000 cash retainer and $250,000 in equity.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit · Compensation (Chair)

The rest of the ZIFF DAVIS board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
Jana BarstenIndependent Director$339,972
Kirk McDonaldIndependent Director$319,972
Neville RayIndependent Director$319,972
Sarah FayChair of the Board$399,972
Trace HarrisIndependent Director$334,972
Vivek ShahDirector—
William Brian KretzmerIndependent Director$319,972

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