Equilar

Equilar, Inc.

Type	Privately Held
Industry	Business Information, Corporate Governance, Executive and Director Compensation Benchmarking
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Redwood City, California, USA
Key people	Founder & CEO: David Chun
Products	Equilar Insight, Equilar Atlas
Website	www.equilar.com

Equilar is a California-based, privately held company that provides information about total executive compensation packages of the top officers at publicly traded companies and nonprofit organizations.

Equilar's research is frequently cited in Bloomberg, BusinessWeek,^[1] The New York Times,^[2] Financial Times,^[3] The Wall Street Journal^[4] and other media publications.

Equilar has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Deloitte,^[5] Inc. magazine^[6] and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.^[7]

History

Equilar was founded in 2000 by CEO David Chun. In 2009, they hosted the first Executive Compensation Symposium ^[8] In 2011, CEO David Chun was named to the 2011 National Association of Corporate Directors’ (NACD) Directorship 100.^[9] The company launched TSR & CEO Pay Modeler for Equilar Insight,^[10] and Equilar Atlas, an online tool that allows nonprofit organizations, executive and board recruiters, wealth managers and businesses to reach out to high-net-worth corporate executives,^[11]

In 2012, Equilar announced a partnership with Glass Lewis.^[12] They also launched Nonprofit Insight, to provide nonprofit organizations with executive and senior officer compensation data for benchmarking purposes. A few of the first users include the American Heart Association, Inova Health System, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology^[13] They also partnered with NYSE Euronext.^[14]

Awards

Equilar Insight won the Human Resources Executive’s 2002 Top HR Products Contest.^[15]

In 2011, The Silicon Valley Business Journal recognizes Equilar as one of Silicon Valley’s 51 fastest-growing privately held companies of 2011^[16]

References

1. Margaret Collins. "Deferred Compensation Lets Executives Avoid Caps on 401(k)s".
2. Matt Ericson, Alan McLean/The New York Times (2009). "The Pay at the Top". Retrieved 25 July 2009.
3. Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff (14 June 2011). "Bank chiefs’ pay rises by 36%". Retrieved 12 July 2012.
4. Cari Tuna/The Wall Street Journal. "CFO Pay Drops as Bonuses Shrink".
5. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (2008). "2008 Silicon Valley Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2009.
6. Inc. magazine (2008). "Top 100 Businesses in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA". Retrieved 27 July 2009.
7. Schubarth, Cromwell (31 October 2011), "Fastest-growing Silicon Valley private companies named", Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal (San Jose)
8. "Equilar 2009 Executive Compensation Symposium". Retrieved 17 July 2012.
9. "Congratulations to the NACD Directorship 100 Hall of Fame, The Class of 2011 and People to Watch!". Retrieved 17 July 2012.
10. "Equilar Surpasses 1,000 Clients in 2010, Grows 40 Percent" (Press release). PRLog. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
11. "Equilar Brings Sweeping Changes to the Way Organizations Find, Connect and Do Business with Influential, High Net Worth Executives" (Press release). ITbriefing.net. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
12. "Glass Lewis And Equilar Partner to Improve Corporate Governance" (Press release). PR Newswire. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
13. "Equilar Addresses Major Need for Nonprofit Compensation Benchmarking" (Press release). Marketwire. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
14. "NYSE Euronext and Equilar Partner to Deliver Powerful C-Suite Networking Solutions to Issuers" (Press release). BusinessWire. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
15. "Human Resource Executive Announces 2002 Top HR Products Contest Winners" (Press release). Human Resource Executive Online. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
16. Schubarth, Cromwell (31 October 2011), "Fastest-growing Silicon Valley private companies named", Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal (San Jose)