Maxine Clark serves as Independent Director of the Company. She was our President from our inception in 1997 to April 2004 and served as Chairman of our Board of Directors from April 2000 until November 2011. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Clark-Fox Family Foundation. Prior to founding Build-A-Bear Workshop, Ms. Clark was the President of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (“Payless”) from 1992 until 1996. Before joining Payless, Ms. Clark spent over 19 years in various divisions of The May Department Stores Company in areas including merchandise development, merchandise planning, merchandise research, marketing and product development. Ms. Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Foot Locker, Inc., and formerly served on the Board of Directors of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., both publicly traded retail companies. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of The Gymboree Corporation, a formerly publicly reporting retail company, and she currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Lewis & Clark Ventures, a St. Louis-based private equity firm. Ms. Clark is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of Washington University in St. Louis, serves on the national Board of Directors of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and serves on the Boards of Directors of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, and the St. Louis Regional Educational and Public Television Commission (KETC/Channel 9 Public Television). She is also a Managing Partner of Prosper Women’s Capital, a fund created to invest in women-owned businesses in the St. Louis area. Ms. Clark is Past Chair of Teach for America-St. Louis and a past member of its national Board of Trustees. She is a past trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Committee of 200, an organization for women entrepreneurs around the world.
As the Independent Director of Build A Bear Workshop Inc, the total compensation of Maxine Clark at Build A Bear Workshop Inc is $1,370,260. There are 1 executives at Build A Bear Workshop Inc getting paid more, with Sharon John having the highest compensation of $2,642,080.
Maxine Clark is 71, she's been the Independent Director of Build A Bear Workshop Inc since 2016. There are 1 older and 14 younger executives at Build A Bear Workshop Inc. The oldest executive at Build A Bear Workshop Inc is Maxine K. Clark, 73, who is the Founder & Independent Director.
Over the last 20 years, insiders at Build A Bear Workshop Inc have traded over $81,802,474 worth of Build A Bear Workshop Inc stock and bought 1,968,141 units worth $16,325,907 . The most active insiders traders include Braden Michael Leonard, Capital Llc Cannell et David Kanen Wealth Manageme.... On average, Build A Bear Workshop Inc executives and independent directors trade stock every 26 days with the average trade being worth of $1,524,056. The most recent stock trade was executed by Sharon Price John on 3 September 2024, trading 50,000 units of BBW stock currently worth $1,666,000.
build-a-bear workshop, inc., is the leading and only global company that offers an interactive retail-entertainment experience. we take pride in helping our guests mark special occasions, start new friendships, and create their own unique adventures. since 1997, millions of people have found their own meaning in one of our bears. build-a-bear currently operates more than 400 build-a-bear workshop® stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in the united states, puerto rico, canada, the united kingdom, ireland, denmark and franchise stores in europe, asia, australia, africa, the middle east, and mexico. build-a-bear empowers kids of all ages to express themselves and discover new furry friends in an exciting and fun environment. for the seventh consecutive year, we have been named to the fortune 100 best companies to work for® list.
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