People: Sotheby'S (BID.N)
BID.N on New York Stock Exchange
44.91USD
3:18pm EDT
44.91USD
3:18pm EDT
Price Change (% chg)
$0.28 (+0.63%)
$0.28 (+0.63%)
Prev Close
$44.63
$44.63
Open
$44.48
$44.48
Day's High
$45.02
$45.02
Day's Low
$44.14
$44.14
Volume
137,779
137,779
Avg. Vol
296,093
296,093
52-wk High
$45.96
$45.96
52-wk Low
$27.64
$27.64
Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
William Ruprecht |
57 | 2012 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
Peregrine Cavendish |
69 | 1996 | Deputy Chairman of the Board |
William Sheridan |
59 | 2001 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Kevin Ching |
56 | 2006 | Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s Asia |
Bruno Vinciguerra |
50 | 2008 | Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President |
Gilbert Klemann |
62 | 2008 | Executive Vice President, Worldwide General Counsel, Secretary |
Susan Alexander |
59 | 2004 | Executive Vice President, Worldwide Head - Human Resources |
Mitchell Zuckerman |
66 | 2011 | Executive Vice President - Global Auction Transactions |
David Ulmer |
56 | 2006 | Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer |
Andrew Gully |
56 | 2012 | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Director of Communications |
Amelia Middleton |
43 | Senior Vice President, Worldwide Director - Strategic Marketing | |
Jan Prasens |
38 | Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Sotheby’s Financial Services, Inc. | |
Maarten Ten Holder |
42 | 2007 | Managing Director, Sotheby’s America's |
Steven Dodge |
62 | 2012 | Lead Independent Director |
John Angelo |
71 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Daniel Meyer |
55 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Allen Questrom |
73 | 2004 | Independent Director |
Marsha Simms |
60 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Michael Sovern |
81 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Robert Taubman |
59 | 2000 | Independent Director |
Diana Taylor |
58 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Dennis Weibling |
61 | 2006 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
William Ruprecht |
Mr. William F. Ruprecht is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby's. He served as Executive Vice President of the Company and Managing Director of Sotheby’s North and South America from February 1994 until February 2000. From 1992 to February 1994, he served as Director of Marketing for the Company worldwide and also oversaw a number of specialist departments. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Ruprecht served as Director of Marketing for Sotheby’s, Inc. In March 2012, he was elected to the Board of Directors of The Bessemer Group, Incorporated, a private bank holding company, as well as to the boards of its principal U.S. bank and trust company subsidiaries, Bessemer Trust Company, Bessemer Trust Company, N. A., and Bessemer Trust Company of Florida. In 2008, Mr. Ruprecht became a Trustee of the University of Vermont and, from 2007 to 2009, he served as a Trustee of The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. |
Peregrine Cavendish |
Mr. Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, KCVO, CBE, is Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sothebys. He became a director of the Company in September 1994 and assumed the role of Deputy Chairman of the Company in April 1996. In March 2008, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Derby, England. In 2007, the Duke became a Trustee of the Wallace Collection, a London arts museum, and a Trustee of the Storm King Arts Center in New York. In 2006, he became a Trustee of the Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust. The Duke was a Trustee of Ascot Racecourse from 1982—2011 and held the posts of Chairman (1997-2008) and Her Majesty’s Representative (1997-2011). In 1997, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for “services to horseracing”. The Duke was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List (January 2009), being awarded a KCVO (Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) for service to the Crown. |
William Sheridan |
Mr. William S. Sheridan is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Sothebys. He having served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company between November 1996 and February 2001. From 1987 until November 1996, Mr. Sheridan was a partner at the accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Sheridan also serves as a director of Alliance One International, Inc. |
Kevin Ching |
Mr. Kevin Ching is Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s Asia of Sothebys. He became a director of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Limited in October 2006. From 1994 until 2006, he served as a board executive director and group legal counsel of Dickson Concepts (International) Limited, a Hong Kong public company, and was responsible for its legal affairs as well as general business development, with special responsibility for China. |
Bruno Vinciguerra |
Mr. Bruno Vinciguerra is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Sothebys. Mr. Vinciguerra, an Executive Vice President of the Company since January 2007, was appointed to the additional position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company in July 2008. He has served as Director of Global Business Development of the Company since February 2008. From January 2007 to February 2008, Mr. Vinciguerra was the Director of New Initiatives of the Company. He previously served as the General Manager of Dell Western Europe from 2003 to 2006 and as the General Manager of Dell Southern Europe from 2000 to 2003. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Vinciguerra was Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning of The Walt Disney Company. From 1994 to 1997, he was a Vice President and Partner of Bain and Co., where he had been employed since 1986. |
Gilbert Klemann |
Mr. Gilbert L. Klemann, II, is Executive Vice President, Worldwide General Counsel, Secretary of Sothebys. Mr. Klemann joined the Company in February 2008 as Executive Vice President, Worldwide General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Avon Products, Inc. from January 2001 until December 2007. During 2000, he was Of Counsel to the international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and, from 1998 to 1999, he was an Executive Vice President of Fortune Brands, Inc. (formerly American Brands, Inc.), with responsibilities that included corporate development, legal and administrative functions. Between 1991 and 1997, Mr. Klemann served as the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of American Brands, Inc. and previously was a partner in Chadbourne & Parke LLP, where he was a member of the Management Committee. |
Susan Alexander |
Ms. Susan Alexander is Executive Vice President, Worldwide Head - Human Resources of Sothebys. From January 1986 to October 2004, she served as Senior Vice President and Worldwide Head of Human Resources of the Company and has been employed by the Company since 1984. |
Mitchell Zuckerman |
Mr. Mitchell Zuckerman is Executive Vice President - Global Auction Transactions of Sothebys. He previously served as Chairman of Sotheby’s Financial Services, Inc. from 2007 to 2011. From 1988 to 2007, Mr. Zuckerman was President of Sotheby’s Financial Services, Inc. |
David Ulmer |
Dr. David Ulmer is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of Sothebys. He having previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since January 2000. In September 2010, he also assumed the Chief Administration Officer role for the Company’s America’s region. He served as Senior Vice President of Information Technology from June 1997 until January 2000. |
Andrew Gully |
Mr. Andrew P. Gully is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Director of Communications of Sotheby's. From 2009 to June 2012, he served as Senior Vice President for Communications of Brandeis University. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Gully was the Senior vice President, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, of Sovereign Bank, which is part of the Santander Group. Before 2007, he spent nearly 30 years in various positions in the newspaper business, including as Managing Editor of the Boston Herald for 11 years. |
Amelia Middleton |
Ms. Amelia Middleton is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Director - Strategic Marketing of Sothebys. She was appointed Senior Vice President - Worldwide, Director of Strategic Marketing for the Company in 2007. Previously, she served in a number of executive positions with the Company, including Head of International Client Services, Director of Online Auctions for Jewellery, Director of Special Events and Sponsorship Marketing and Director of North American Marketing. Ms. Middleton has been employed with the Company since 1993, except during 1995-1996 when she worked in consulting. |
Jan Prasens |
Mr. Jan Prasens is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Sotheby’s Financial Services, Inc. of Sothebys. Mr. Prasens became Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Sotheby’s Financial Services, Inc. in May 2007. Previously, he served as the Treasurer of the Company between 2006 and 2007 and as Assistant Treasurer between 2002 and 2006 Mr. Prasens joined the Company in its Treasury group in 2000. |
Maarten Ten Holder |
Mr. Maarten Ten Holder is Managing Director, Sotheby’s America's of Sothebys. He previously served as Deputy Managing Director of Sotheby’s North America from 2006 to September 2007 and as Deputy Managing Director of Sotheby’s Milan, Italy office between 2002 and 2006. Between 1996 and 2002, Mr. ten Holder held various positions with the Company’s European subsidiaries. |
Steven Dodge |
Mr. Steven B. Dodge is Lead Independent Director of Sotheby's. He is the principal of a private real estate development company, Windover Development LLC. Over the past 35 years, Mr. Dodge has founded, led and been a shareholder of several public and private communications companies. Until February 2004, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation, an owner and operator of broadcast and communications towers throughout the United States, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of that company until October 2003. Mr. Dodge had served in those positions since that company’s formation in July 1995. In 1988, he founded American RadioSystems Corporation, a public company with radio stations in United States markets, and led the Company as Chief Executive Officer until its 1998 merger with CBS Radio. In 1978, Mr. Dodge founded American CableSystems Corporation, serving as its Chief Executive Officer until its sale in 1988. |
John Angelo |
Mr. John M. Angelo is Independent Director of Sothebys. Since 1988, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Angelo, Gordon & Company, a privately-held registered investment advisor dedicated to alternative investing, of which he is a co-founder and for which he oversees all fund management. Between 1970 and 1988, Mr. Angelo served in a number of positions with L.F. Rothschild & Company, the last of which was as Senior Managing Director and a member of its Board of Directors. |
Daniel Meyer |
Mr. Daniel Meyer is Independent Director of Sothebys. He has been the president of Union Square Hospitality Group, or USHG, since 1996. USHG owns and operates a number of restaurants including Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, Shake Shack, The Modern, Maialino, Untitled, and North End Grill, which have been featured in the Michelin Guide, The New York Times and Zagat Surveys. He has served as a director of OpenTable.com, a public company in the business of online restaurant reservations, since 2000. Mr. Meyer is currently a member of the board of directors of the following not-for-profit organizations. |
Allen Questrom |
Mr. Allen I. Questrom is Independent Director of Sothebys. Currently, Mr. Questrom is a Senior Advisor for Lee Equity Partners, a member of the Board of Directors of Foot Locker, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors of the Glazer of Companies. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Robin Report, a knowledge-based information and consulting business providing insight into various consumer products industries, and a Trustee of Boston University. From 2000 to December 2004, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J.C. Penney Company. Between May 1999 and January 2001, Mr. Questrom served as Chairman of the Board of Barneys New York, Inc., a fashion retailer, and between May 1999 and September 2000, as Chief Executive Officer and President of that company. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus and also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (now Macy’s) from February 1990 through May 1997. Mr. Questrom served until 2010 as a director of Wal Mart Stores, Inc. and as non-executive Chairman of Deb Shops, Inc. |
Marsha Simms |
Ms. Marsha E. Simms is Independent Director of Sothebys. She having served as a partner of the international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP until her retirement during 2010. She practiced in the firm’s Corporate Department, primarily in bank finance and corporate debt restructuring, and has over 30 years’ experience negotiating financings and restructurings for corporations, including Sotheby’s. Ms. Simms was recognized as a lawyer in the banking and finance field by Chambers Global and Chambers USA and was named as one of America’s Top Black Lawyers by Black Enterprise Magazine. She served as the Content Officer for the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association in 2011 and was the recipient of the 2010 Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award, given by the Business Law Section to a woman who has cut through barriers to attain high accomplishment in business law. She is a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a philanthropic organization, where she chairs the audit committee, and a life trustee of WNET, New York’s public television station, where she chaired the audit committee and is a member of the audit, finance and education committees. |
Michael Sovern |
Mr. Michael I. Sovern is Independent Director of Sothebys. He is President Emeritus and the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law of Columbia University. Since 1960, he has been a professor of law at Columbia University and served as the President of Columbia University from 1980 until 1993. Mr. Sovern served as a member of the Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation until May 2011 and served as a director of Sequa Corp. until December 2007. He has also served as a director of, among other companies, AT&T and Pfizer. Mr. Sovern has served as the President of the Shubert Foundation since 1996 and is the Honorary Chairman of the Japan Society and the Chairman Emeritus of the American Academy in Rome. |
Robert Taubman |
Mr. Robert S. Taubman is Independent Director of Sothebys. He is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Taubman Centers, Inc. Mr. Taubman joined the Taubman organization in 1976, was elected Executive Vice President in 1984, Chief Operating Officer in 1988, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1990 and Chairman in 2001. He has headed Taubman Centers and served on its Board of Directors since the company’s initial public offering in 1992. Mr. Taubman is a member of the board of directors of Comerica Incorporated. He is Chair-elect of the Real Estate Roundtable in Washington, D.C., a trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT). He is on the Board of Directors of Business Leaders of Michigan. Mr. Taubman is the founding chairman of ULI’s Detroit Regional District Council and a member and past trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Taubman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Beaumont Hospitals, a trustee of the Skillman Foundation, where he is Chairman of the Investment Committee, and a trustee of the Cranbrook Educational Community, where he is chairman of the audit committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SEMCOG (Southeastern Michigan Council of Governments). |
Diana Taylor |
Ms. Diana L. Taylor is Independent Director of Sothebys. In April 2007, she joined Wolfensohn & Co., an investment banking firm, as Managing Director. From June 2003 to March 2007, Ms. Taylor served as Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York, a position to which she was appointed by Governor George Pataki. Prior to her appointment, she held a number of senior government and private sector positions, including Chief Financial Officer of the Long Island Power Authority and Vice President of KeySpan Energy. From 1980 to 1996, Ms. Taylor was an investment banker. She worked at Smith Barney, Harris Upham; Lehman Brothers and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette before joining M.R. Beal & Co. as a founding partner. She is a director of Citigroup and Brookfield Properties, Inc., a public real estate development company. In 2009, she also served briefly as a director of Fannie Mae and Allianz Global Investors. She was required to leave both boards when she was nominated to become a director of Citigroup. Ms. Taylor serves on several not-for-profit boards, including ACCION International, which she chairs, Dartmouth College, the New York Women’s Foundation, the Hudson River Park Trust, which she chairs, and the YMCA of Greater New York, among others. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. |
Dennis Weibling |
Mr. Dennis M. Weibling is Independent Director of Sothebys. Since 2004, he has served as the Managing Director of Rally Capital, LLC, a private equity fund. Mr. Weibling currently serves as a board member of several companies in which Rally Capital has invested: Telecom Transport Management Inc., Telesphere Networks Ltd., and SinglePoint Communications, Inc. From October 1993 to December 2001, he served as President of Eagle River, Inc. and then as Vice Chairman of Eagle River Investments until November 2003, both being ventures of Craig McCaw. He is also a trustee of the trusts created by the estate of Keith W. McCaw. Beginning in 1999, Mr. Weibling served as a director of Nextel Partners, Inc. and Nextel Communications, Inc. until their respective mergers with Sprint Corporation in 2005 and 2006. Until 2003, he served on the board of XO Communications. Mr. Weibling also serves on the board of Seattle Pacific University. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
William Ruprecht |
6,300,400 |
Peregrine Cavendish |
-- |
William Sheridan |
1,896,410 |
Kevin Ching |
1,794,760 |
Bruno Vinciguerra |
2,726,760 |
Gilbert Klemann |
-- |
Susan Alexander |
-- |
Mitchell Zuckerman |
1,244,830 |
David Ulmer |
-- |
Andrew Gully |
-- |
Amelia Middleton |
-- |
Jan Prasens |
-- |
Maarten Ten Holder |
-- |
Steven Dodge |
-- |
John Angelo |
-- |
Daniel Meyer |
-- |
Allen Questrom |
-- |
Marsha Simms |
-- |
Michael Sovern |
-- |
Robert Taubman |
-- |
Diana Taylor |
-- |
Dennis Weibling |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
William Ruprecht |
672,500 | 4,837,480 |
Peregrine Cavendish |
0 | 0 |
William Sheridan |
297,000 | 1,298,543 |
Kevin Ching |
0 | 0 |
Bruno Vinciguerra |
11,250 | 113,958 |
Gilbert Klemann |
0 | 0 |
Susan Alexander |
0 | 0 |
Mitchell Zuckerman |
150,000 | 563,890 |
David Ulmer |
0 | 0 |
Andrew Gully |
0 | 0 |
Amelia Middleton |
0 | 0 |
Jan Prasens |
0 | 0 |
Maarten Ten Holder |
0 | 0 |
Steven Dodge |
0 | 0 |
John Angelo |
0 | 0 |
Daniel Meyer |
0 | 0 |
Allen Questrom |
0 | 0 |
Marsha Simms |
0 | 0 |
Michael Sovern |
0 | 0 |
Robert Taubman |
0 | 0 |
Diana Taylor |
0 | 0 |
Dennis Weibling |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
RUPRECHT WILLIAM F |
25,000 | $36.05 |
SOVERN MICHAEL I |
513 | $0.00 |
DODGE STEVEN B |
513 | $0.00 |
DODGE STEVEN B |
5,140 | $36.42 |
BLAKENHAM MICHAEL M |
35,276 | $0.00 |
SHERIDAN WILLIAM S |
5,130 | $0.00 |
SHERIDAN WILLIAM S |
10,000 | $0.00 |
RUPRECHT WILLIAM F |
24,876 | $0.00 |
RUPRECHT WILLIAM F |
12,231 | $0.00 |
PRASENS JAN |
2,146 | $38.33 |
SHERIDAN WILLIAM S |
8,000 | $38.47 |
MIDDLETON AMELIA |
3,850 | $39.00 |
VINCIGUERRA BRUNO |
11,250 | $22.11 |
VINCIGUERRA BRUNO |
11,250 | $38.07 |
VINCIGUERRA BRUNO |
20,240 | $38.81 |
ULMER DAVID |
4,000 | $38.89 |
DELANEY KEVIN M |
1,674 | $39.29 |
CHING KEVIN |
8,945 | $0.00 |
MIDDLETON AMELIA |
4,776 | $0.00 |
RUPRECHT WILLIAM F |
19,165 | $0.00 |
DELANEY KEVIN M |
796 | $0.00 |
ZUCKERMAN MITCHELL |
1,510 | $0.00 |
VINCIGUERRA BRUNO |
7,218 | $0.00 |
SHERIDAN WILLIAM S |
5,981 | $0.00 |
VINCIGUERRA BRUNO |
13,994 | $0.00 |

