People: Waddell & Reed Financial Inc (WDR)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Henry Herrmann	69	2010	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Avery	60	2011	President
Daniel Connealy	66	2004	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Michael Strohm	61	2001	Chief Operations Officer, Senior Vice President
Thomas Butch	56	2010	Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Brent Bloss	44	2007	Senior Vice President - Finance, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer
Philip Sanders	53	2011	Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer
Daniel Schulte	48	2004	Senior Vice President, General Counsel
John Sundeen	53	2006	Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer - Investments
Alan Kosloff	72	2010	Lead Independent Director
Sharilyn Gasaway	44	2010	Independent Director
Thomas Godlasky	57	2010	Independent Director
Dennis Logue	68	2002	Independent Director
Michael Morrissey	70	2010	Independent Director
James Raines	73	1998	Independent Director
Ronald Reimer	78	2001	Independent Director
Jerry Walton	66	2000	Independent Director
Nicole McIntosh-Russell			VP - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Henry Herrmann	Mr. Henry J. Herrmann is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Previously, he served as President of the Company from March 1998 to May 2005 and as Chief Investment Officer from March 1987 to June 2005. He is also a trustee and President of the Waddell & Reed Advisors Group of Mutual Funds, Ivy Funds, Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios and InvestEd Portfolios, all of which are mutual funds managed by the Company. Mr. Herrmann has also served as a director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, a Kansas City, Missouri health insurance company, since 2007 and of the United Way of Greater Kansas City, the local Kansas City, Missouri office of United Way, a global leadership and support organization for community-based non-profit organizations, since June 2007. He joined the Company in March 1971 and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1977.
Michael Avery	Mr. Michael L. Avery is President of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Prior thereto, he served as Chief Investment Officer of the Company from June 2005 to February 2011 and as Senior Vice President from June 2005 until January 2010. He has served as Executive Vice President of Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company ("WRIMCO") since June 2005 and served as Chief Investment Officer of WRIMCO and Ivy Investment Management Company ("IICO"), both of which are investment advisor subsidiaries of the Company, from June 2005 to August 2010. Prior thereto, he served as Senior Vice President of WRIMCO from January 1997 to June 2005 and of IICO from April 2003 to June 2005. He is a trustee and Vice President of the Waddell & Reed Advisors Group of Mutual Funds, Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios and InvestEd Portfolios, and a trustee of the Ivy Funds, all of which are mutual funds managed by the Company. Mr. Avery joined the Company in June 1981 and has served as a mutual fund portfolio manager since 1994.
Daniel Connealy	Mr. Daniel P. Connealy is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Mr. Connealy served as a director of Gold Banc Corporation, Inc., a Leawood, Kansas bank holding company from April 2003 until April 2006 and has served as a director of the Russell Investment Company mutual funds, Seattle, Washington, since April 2003. Previously, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Stilwell Financial, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, an asset management company (now known as Janus Capital Group) from June 2001 to March 2003. From July 1979 to May 2001, he served as a partner in the independent registered public accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Michael Strohm	Mr. Michael D. Strohm is Chief Operations Officer, Senior Vice President of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. In addition, he has served as President of Waddell & Reed Services Company, a transfer agent subsidiary of the Company, since June 1999, as Chief Executive Officer of WRI since December 2001 and as Chief Operating Officer thereof since March 2005. Prior thereto, he served as President of WRI from December 2001 to March 2005 and as its Senior Vice President from January 1994 to December 2001. Mr. Strohm joined the Company in June 1972.
Thomas Butch	Mr. Thomas W. Butch is Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Prior thereto, he served as Senior Vice President from November 1999 until January 2010. He has served as President of Waddell & Reed, Inc. ("WRI"), a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Company, since March 2005 and as Chief Marketing Officer thereof since March 2002. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of WRI from January 2000 to March 2005. He has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of IICO since December 2002 and as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Company, since March 2003. Prior to joining the Company, he was associated with Stein Roe & Farnham, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, an investment firm where he served in various positions from 1994 to 1999, including President of Mutual Funds and Senior Vice President of Marketing. Previously, he was a First Vice President at Mellon Financial Corporation where he served for 13 years.
Brent Bloss	Mr. Brent K. Bloss is Senior Vice President – Finance and Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Previously, he served as Vice President of the Company from April 2004 to July 2007, as Assistant Treasurer of the Company from January 2002 to January 2006, and as Assistant Vice President from January 2002 to April 2004. From September 1995 to December 2001, he served in various roles in the audit practice of KPMG. Mr. Bloss joined the Company in January 2002.
Philip Sanders	Mr. Philip J. Sanders is Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He has served as Chief Investment Officer of WRIMCO and IICO since August 2010, as Senior Vice President of WRIMCO since July 2000 and as Senior Vice President of IICO since April 2003. Prior thereto, he served as Vice President of WRIMCO from January 1999 to July 2000. He is also a Vice President of the Waddell & Reed Advisors Group of Mutual Funds, Ivy Funds and Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios, all of which are mutual funds managed by the Company. Mr. Sanders joined the Company as a mutual fund portfolio manager in August 1998.
Daniel Schulte	Mr. Daniel C. Schulte is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He has been General Counsel of the Company since January 2000 and Senior Vice President since April 2004. Prior thereto, he served as Vice President of the Company from January 2000 to April 2004 and as Secretary from January 2000 to April 2003. From July 1998 to January 2000, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Company. Prior to joining the Company in June 1998, Mr. Schulte was associated with the law firm of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman and Zuercher LLC, in Wichita, Kansas. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Schulte practiced in the corporate tax group of the independent registered public accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP in Kansas City, Missouri.
John Sundeen	Mr. John E. Sundeen, Jr. is Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer - Investments of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer from July 1999 to June 2004 and as Treasurer of the Company from July 1999 to January 2006. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of WRIMCO and of IICO since June 2004. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of WRIMCO from January 1996 to June 2004 and as Head of Fixed Income within the Investment Management Division thereof from January 1994 to June 1999. Mr. Sundeen joined the Company in June 1983.
Alan Kosloff	Mr. Alan W. Kosloff is Lead Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Prior thereto, he served as Chairman of the Board from May 2005 through December 2009. He has served as Chairman of Kosloff & Partners, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri, a consulting and investment firm since April 1996. Previously, he served as Chairman of Jones & Mitchell, Olathe, Kansas, an imprinted and licensed sportswear company from October 1997 to March 2005 and as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Marketing Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, an apparel manufacturing, distribution and marketing firm from 1976 to 1995.
Sharilyn Gasaway	Ms. Sharilyn S. Gasaway is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. She has served as a director of Genesis Energy, L.P., a Houston, Texas diversified midstream energy master limited partnership, since March 2010 and of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., a transportation logistics company in Lowell, Arkansas, since February 2009. From February 2006 to January 2009, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alltel Corporation ("Alltel"), a U.S. wireless telecommunications network operator, acquired by Verizon Wireless in 2009. She served as Corporate Controller of Alltel from May 2002 to February 2006 and as Controller of Alltel Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Alltel, from April 1999 to May 2002. Prior thereto, she served as Audit Manager of the former independent registered public accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP from 1992 to April 1999.
Thomas Godlasky	Mr. Thomas C. Godlasky is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Mr. Godlasky served as Chief Executive Officer of Aviva North America, Aviva plc's life insurance and annuity business in the U.S. and its property and casualty business in Canada, from July 2007 to March 2010. Mr. Godlasky also served in the dual position as Chief Executive Officer and President of Aviva USA from November 2006 to November 2009. Prior thereto, Mr. Godlasky served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of AmerUs Group, Des Moines, Iowa, a life insurance and annuity business, which was acquired by Aviva plc in 2006, from November 2005 to November 2006 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2003 to November 2006. He also served as a director of AmerUs Group from November 2003 until November 2006, whereupon he joined the Aviva USA Board of Directors until March 2010. Mr. Godlasky earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1992.
Dennis Logue	Mr. Dennis E. Logue is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Ledyard Financial Group, Inc., a bank holding company located in Hanover, New Hampshire, since August 2005. Additionally, Mr. Logue has served as an Emeritus Professor of Management at the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College since August 2005. He served as Dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma from July 2001 to September 2005. Prior thereto, Mr. Logue held numerous business-oriented professorships, most recently at the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College from July 1974 to June 2001. He has also worked as a consultant and witness on various financial matters since 1974.
Michael Morrissey	Mr. Michael F. Morrissey is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He has been a director of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., a propane gas marketing and distribution company in Overland Park, Kansas since 1999 and of Westar Energy, Inc., an electric service company based in Topeka, Kansas since 2003. Mr. Morrissey retired in September 1999 after serving 24 years, including 17 years as a partner, with Ernst & Young LLP, an auditing and financial services firm. Prior to that, Mr. Morrissey worked for five years for another major accounting firm and six years for a motor truck manufacturer. Mr. Morrissey has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1972. Mr. Morrissey has also served as a director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, a Kansas City, Missouri health insurance company, since 2006; of J.E. Dunn Construction Group, Inc., a private construction business located in Kansas City, Missouri, since 2000; of Balance Innovations, Inc., an office management technology company located in Lenexa, Kansas, since 2008; and a special advisor to the audit committee of the Dairy Farmers of America, a farmer-owned milk marketing cooperative located in Kansas City, Missouri since 2000.
James Raines	Mr. James M. Raines is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He has served as President of James M. Raines and Company, San Antonio, Texas, an investment banking firm since September 1988 and served as a director of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas outdoor advertising company from November 2005 to May 2010.
Ronald Reimer	Mr. Ronald C. Reimer is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. He is currently retired and is active in advising the boards of several charitable organizations on investment oversight and fund management. Mr. Reimer has served as a director for Prairie Star Bancshares, Inc., a privately-held bank in Olathe, Kansas since November 2000. He served on the Board of Advisors of Truman Medical Center Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri ("TMC") from September 2002 to September 2009. He also served on the Board of Directors, and as the Secretary and Treasurer, of the TMC Charitable Foundation from June 2003 to September 2009 and was associated with the TMC Professional and General Liability Self-Insurance Trust, including terms as Chairman of the Finance and Management Committee, from November 2001 to September 2009. Previously, Mr. Reimer co-founded Reimer and Koger Associates, an investment counseling firm in Merriam, Kansas in 1973 and served as its President until his retirement in 1988. He also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1968.
Jerry Walton	Mr. Jerry W. Walton CPA, is Independent Director of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Mr. Walton currently serves as a business consultant to Hunt Ventures, a group of private companies located in Rogers, Arkansas. Mr. Walton served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., a transportation provider in Lowell, Arkansas, from October 1991 until September 2009. Prior thereto, Mr. Walton served as a managing partner and a tax partner with KPMG, with whom he had been employed since 1968.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Henry Herrmann	7,627,960
Michael Avery	5,337,020
Daniel Connealy	2,549,460
Michael Strohm	1,762,180
Thomas Butch	4,173,350
Brent Bloss	--
Philip Sanders	3,626,930
Daniel Schulte	2,635,710
John Sundeen	724,035
Alan Kosloff	--
Sharilyn Gasaway	--
Thomas Godlasky	--
Dennis Logue	--
Michael Morrissey	--
James Raines	--
Ronald Reimer	--
Jerry Walton	--
Nicole McIntosh-Russell	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Henry Herrmann	1,242,659	7,782,550
Michael Avery	70,000	747,443
Daniel Connealy	0	0
Michael Strohm	241,580	499,059
Thomas Butch	144,615	355,107
Brent Bloss	0	0
Philip Sanders	0	0
Daniel Schulte	1,000	15,327
John Sundeen	327,891	1,953,242
Alan Kosloff	0	0
Sharilyn Gasaway	0	0
Thomas Godlasky	0	0
Dennis Logue	0	0
Michael Morrissey	0	0
James Raines	0	0
Ronald Reimer	0	0
Jerry Walton	0	0
Nicole McIntosh-Russell	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
SCHULTE DANIEL C	61	$45.63
BLOSS BRENT K	9,763	$43.42
SANDERS PHILIP JAMES	18,115	$43.19
BLOSS BRENT K	4,570	$43.19
BLOSS BRENT K	25,000	$0.00
KOSLOFF ALAN W	9,615	$43.17
REIMER RONALD C	6,371	$21.09
REIMER RONALD C	6,371	$42.98
AVERY MICHAEL L	10,000	$42.85
LOGUE DENNIS E	150	$42.33
STROHM MICHAEL D	12,900	$40.94
STROHM MICHAEL D	25,440	$40.98
RAINES JAMES M	4,953	$39.28
SCHULTE DANIEL C	27,001	$39.40
HERRMANN HENRY J	20,000	$0.00
MORRISSEY MICHAEL F	3,459	$0.00
MORRISSEY MICHAEL F	3,459	$0.00
KOSLOFF ALAN W	5,742	$0.00
REIMER RONALD C	3,459	$0.00
WALTON JERRY W	3,459	$0.00
GODLASKY THOMAS C	3,459	$0.00
GASAWAY SHARILYN S	3,459	$0.00
MORRISSEY MICHAEL F	3,459	$0.00
REIMER RONALD C	8,860	$0.00
LOGUE DENNIS E	3,459	$0.00

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