Upwork Inc. (UPWK)

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Upwork Inc.

475 Brannan Street
Suite 430
Santa Clara, CA 95054
United States
650 316 7500
https://www.upwork.com

Sector(s): Industrials
Industry: Staffing & Employment Services
Full-time employees: 650

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Ms. Hayden Brown	Pres, CEO & Director	1.5M	25.73M	1982
Mr. Eric Gilpin	Chief Sales Officer	893.51k	N/A	1980
Ms. Elizabeth Tse	Sr. VP of Operations	N/A	N/A	1968
Mr. Olivier Marie	Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer & Controller	N/A	N/A	1970
Mr. Saty Bahadur	Chief Technology Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Denise Garcia	Investor Relations Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Brian Levey	Chief Bus. Affairs & Legal Officer and Sec.	N/A	N/A	1968
Ms. Amanda Vinson	Sr. VP of Corp. Strategy & Devel.	N/A	N/A	1981
Ms. Melissa Waters	Chief Marketing Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Erin L. Thomas Ph.D.	Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2021, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Upwork Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a work marketplace that connects businesses with various independent professionals and agencies in the United States, India, the Philippines, and internationally. The company's work marketplace provides access to talent with various skills across a range of categories, including sales and marketing, customer service, data science and analytics, design and creative, web, mobile, and software development. Its work marketplace also enables clients to streamline workflows, such as talent sourcing, outreach, and contracting. The company's work marketplace offers access to various functionalities for remote engagements with talent, including communication and collaboration, ability to receive talent invoices through their work marketplace, and payment protection. Its marketplace offerings include Upwork Basic, Upwork Plus, Upwork Enterprise, and Upwork Payroll, as well as managed and internet escrow agency services. The company was formerly known as Elance-oDesk, Inc. and changed its name to Upwork Inc. in May 2015. Upwork Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Corporate governance

Upwork Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 February 2023 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 2; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 10.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.