Stephen Kaufer biography
Stephen Kaufer is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. Mr. Kaufer co-founded Tripadvisor in February 2000 and has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tripadvisor since that date. Mr. Kaufer has been a director of Tripadvisor since the completion of the spin-off of Tripadvisor from Expedia, Inc. (“Expedia”) in December 2011 (the “Spin-Off”). Mr. Kaufer serves on the board of directors of CarGurus, Inc., a company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC. Mr. Kaufer also serves as President and Chairman of the board of directors of The Tripadvisor Foundation, a private charitable foundation, and on the board of Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation, a charity. Prior to co-founding Tripadvisor, Mr. Kaufer served as President of CDS, Inc., an independent software vendor specializing in programming and testing tools, and co-founded CenterLine Software and served as its Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Kaufer holds an A.B. in Computer Science from Harvard University. As co-founder of Tripadvisor and through his service as its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kaufer has extensive knowledge of our business and operations, and significant experience in the online advertising sector of the global travel industry. Mr. Kaufer also possesses strategic and governance skills gained through his executive and director roles with several other companies.
What is the salary of Stephen Kaufer?
As the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of TripAdvisor, the total compensation of Stephen Kaufer at TripAdvisor is $2,455,680. There are 2 executives at TripAdvisor getting paid more, with Ernst Teunissen having the highest compensation of $6,321,690.
