Published mark

ZIFF DAVIS, INC.

NASDAQ: ZD. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

US

Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
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Alpha ID
alpha:company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72
SEC CIK
0001084048
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 6, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 26, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Vivek ShahPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Chair
Sarah Fay
Independent
Not published8 directors published
Published claims
242 distinct sources
Evidence records
40 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 4 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works

DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Neville Ray seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2024-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2024E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Chief Financial OfficerBret RichterNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and SecretaryJeremy D. RossenNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
Chief Accounting OfficerLori TansleyNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2
President and Chief Executive OfficerVivek ShahNot capturedunknownSource reportedE2

Board of directors

Evidence

8 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
Jana BarstenIndependence not published2023Audit CommitteeSource reportedE3
Kirk McDonaldIndependence not published2023None publishedSource reportedE3
Neville RayIndependence not published2024None publishedSource reportedE3
Scott C. TaylorIndependence not published2020Compensation CommitteeSource reportedE3
Trace HarrisIndependence not published2021Environmental, Social and Governance CommitteeSource reportedE3
Vivek ShahIndependence not published2018None publishedSource reportedE3
William Brian KretzmerIndependence not published2007None publishedSource reportedE3
Ziff DavisIndependence not published2018None publishedSource reportedE3
Sarah FayIndependentChairNot publishedCompensation CommitteeSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
Audit CommitteeNot publishedJana Barsten, Jana BarstenNot described in the published record
Compensation CommitteeNot publishedSarah Fay, Scott C. Taylor, Sarah Fay, Scott C. TaylorNot described in the published record
Environmental, Social and Governance CommitteeNot publishedTrace Harris, Trace Harrisclimate
Committee RecordAudit Committee: Chair not stated; Members Jana Barsten
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_record:18
Committee AppointmentJana Barsten: member, Audit Committee
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_appointment:19
Committee RecordCompensation Committee: Chair not stated; Members Sarah Fay; Scott C. Taylor
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_record:20
Committee AppointmentSarah Fay: member, Compensation Committee
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_appointment:21
Committee AppointmentScott C. Taylor: member, Compensation Committee
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_appointment:22
Committee RecordEnvironmental, Social and Governance Committee: Chair not stated; Members Trace Harris
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_record:23
Committee AppointmentTrace Harris: member, Environmental, Social and Governance Committee
Source reportedE4
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:committee_appointment:24

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerVivek Shah, President and Chief Executive Officer
Source reportedE2
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:leadership_role:17
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingZD (NASDAQ)
Source reportedE1
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:security_listing:25
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 7, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameZIFF DAVIS, INC.
Source reportedE1
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:22bf5433-2a5a-4898-95e9-83c139a46f72:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

This record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.

Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
4 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 6, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    SEC DEF 14A 0001084048-26-000016
    sec def 14a. Published Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved Sep 14, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    DEF 14A zd-20260326.htm
    sec proxy. Published Mar 26, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    Audit Committee
    governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 6, 2026
  • Neville Ray seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2024-01-01.
  • Jana Barsten seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2023-01-01.
  • Kirk McDonald seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2023-01-01.
  • Trace Harris seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2021-01-01.
  • Scott C. Taylor seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2020-01-01.
  • Vivek Shah seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2018-01-01.
  • Ziff Davis seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2018-01-01.
  • William Brian Kretzmer seat on ZIFF DAVIS, INC., effective 2007-01-01.
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  1. Overview
  2. Monitoring4
  3. Leadership4
  4. Board9
  5. Committees3
  6. Control and voting0
  7. Authority to act4
  8. Financials1
  9. Governance0
  10. Risk0
  11. AI oversight0
  12. Legal0
  13. Compensation0
  14. Other published claims3
  15. Coverage gaps17
  16. Linked people12
  17. Subject and corrections6
  18. Evidence4
  19. Version historyvpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

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    ZIFF DAVIS, INC.Company
  • Bret RichterPerson
  • Jeremy D. RossenPerson
  • Lori TansleyPerson
  • Vivek ShahPerson
  • Jana BarstenPerson
  • Kirk McDonaldPerson
  • Neville RayPerson
  • Scott C. TaylorPerson
  • Trace HarrisPerson
  • William Brian KretzmerPerson
  • Ziff DavisPerson
  • Sarah FayPerson
  • Sections
    OverviewZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • MonitoringZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • LeadershipZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • BoardZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • CommitteesZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Control and votingZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Authority to actZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • FinancialsZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • GovernanceZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • RiskZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • AI oversightZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • LegalZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • CompensationZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Other published claimsZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Coverage gapsZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Linked peopleZIFF DAVIS, INC.
  • Subject and correctionsZIFF DAVIS, INC.
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