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Glenn D. Fogel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
9 yr
4 reports
Booking Holdings Inc. ·BKNG
Only four named executive officers run a $27B travel giant
Technology · Fortune #182 · Divisional structure · 24K employees · Norwalk, CT
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3
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 10)
1.3
Avg span
tight
3
Max depth
3 levels
5.5 yr
Avg tenure
stable vs FY2024
50%
Internal hires
near industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$26.9B
Operating income
$8.8B
Net income
$289M
Total assets
$29.3B
Shares out
32M
Sourced from Booking Holdings Inc. DEF 14A · filed 2026-04-21 ↗ View on SEC
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Only four named executive officers report to Booking Holdings’ CEO, an unusually lean structure for a $27B global travel platform. This page maps the executive org, recent leadership changes, compensation, and how Booking’s model compares with peers.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Latest signal Caroline Sullivan joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Appointed effective April 29, 2026.
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add a Group Chief Operating Officer Introduce a COO to coordinate operations across brands and reduce CEO span of control.
- CFO Departs: Succession Gap Models the impact if the CFO role were vacated without an immediate successor.
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The people
Who's running this
4 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
Ewout Steenbergen
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
2 yr
1 reports
internal
Peter J. Millones
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Legal
7 yr
0 reports
Paulo Pisano
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources
4 yr
0 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 2 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Glenn D. Fogel $35.4M
- Base salary
- $1.25M
- Stock awards
- $26.20M
- Non-equity incentive
- $4.04M
- Other
- $3.92M
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
Ewout Steenbergen $11.7M
- Base salary
- $825K
- Stock awards
- $8.49M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.40M
- Other
- $11K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Booking Holdings Inc. divides the work
3 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Finance
800 employees
Executive Vice President & CFO (Ewout Steenbergen)
Oversees financial reporting, capital allocation, accounting, and treasury functions.
Legal & Compliance
400 employees
Executive Vice President & General Counsel (Peter J. Millones)
Manages global legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance matters.
Human Resources
600 employees
Chief Human Resources Officer (Paulo Pisano)
Leads global talent, compensation, culture, and workforce strategy.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Booking Holdings operates with an unusually small named executive team for a company generating nearly $27 billion in annual revenue.
The org chart shows only four executive officers reporting directly to CEO Glenn Fogel, reflecting a highly centralized leadership model.
Rather than a broad C-suite, Booking relies on strong divisional autonomy at the brand level, with Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable operating with significant independence. Corporate functions such as finance, legal, and HR are tightly held at the group level.
This structure reduces executive overhead and concentrates decision-making authority at the top, but it also increases key-person dependency on a small number of long-tenured leaders, particularly the CEO.
- Only four named executive officers disclosed in proxy
- No disclosed COO or Chief Product Officer
The comparison
How Booking Holdings Inc. stacks up
Compared with other large internet platforms, Booking Holdings stands out for its minimal C-suite. Peers such as Expedia and Airbnb typically disclose 8–12 named executive officers with deeper functional specialization. Booking’s approach reflects its history of operating semi-independent brands with strong local …
Reporting depth
Avg C-suite tenure
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant change was the April 2026 appointment of a new Chief Accounting Officer, strengthening the finance leadership bench.
- newCaroline Sullivan Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Appointed effective April 29, 2026.
Source - new
- Date not confirmed departed
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-04-21
- CEO
- Glenn D. Fogel
- CEO span
- 3
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 5.5 yr
Only four executive officers were disclosed for Exchange Act purposes.
Named executive officers (4)
- Glenn D. Fogel - President and CEO since 2017
- Ewout Steenbergen - EVP & CFO since 2024
- Peter J. Millones - EVP & General Counsel
- Paulo Pisano - CHRO
FY2024
DEF 14A filed 2025-04-22
- CEO
- Glenn D. Fogel
- CEO span
- 3
- C-suite
- 4
- Avg tenure
- 6 yr
CFO transition occurred during the year.
FY2023
DEF 14A filed 2024-04-23
- CEO
- Glenn D. Fogel
- CEO span
- 2
- C-suite
- 3
- Avg tenure
- 6.5 yr
Smaller executive team prior to CFO appointment.
Year-over-year changes
The primary change was the appointment of a new CFO, expanding the executive team.
- CEO span: 2 → 3
- C-suite size: 3 → 4
- Avg tenure: 6.5 → 6 yr
- new Ewout Steenbergen - EVP & CFO (DEF 14A, 2025)
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Booking Holdings?
Glenn D. Fogel has served as President and CEO since 2017.
What type of organizational structure does Booking Holdings use?
Booking Holdings uses a divisional structure organized around major consumer brands.
How many direct reports does Booking Holdings' CEO have?
The CEO has three named executive officers reporting directly to him.
How has Booking Holdings' leadership changed recently?
In April 2026, the company appointed a new Chief Accounting Officer and added a new independent director.
Does Booking Holdings have a COO?
No, Booking Holdings does not disclose a Chief Operating Officer role.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Apr 2, 2026
- 8-K Filing, Apr 1, 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Booking Holdings Inc. DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Booking Holdings Inc. 10-K Annual Report
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