Columbus, Ohio-Based Designer Brands' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 23.7% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Designer Brands' Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
Designer Brands	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Schottenstein Executive Chairman	3,989	3,141		3,141	2,978		2,978	2,994		2,994	1,810		1,810	2,145
Rawlins CEO	8,274	4,865		4,865	1,642		1,642	2,739		2,739	1,493		1,493	1,143
Ferree Vice Chair and President	6,951	4,870		4,870	4,684		4,684	3,811		3,811	3,053		3,053	3,576
Poff CFO	1,314	885		885	719		719	596
Jordan President of  DSW	3,331	2,021		2,021	1,645		1,645	1,604		1,604	1,512
Meixelsperger CFO										N/A	N/A
McDermott COO										1,671	1,555		1,555	1,123
MacDonald Former CEO										N/A	N/A		4,469	4,850
Probst CFO													N/A	N/A
Totals	23,859	15,782		15,782	11,668		11,668	11,744		12,819	9,423		12,380	12,837
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	51.2%			35.3%			-0.6%			36.0%			-3.6%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		23.7%