BuzzFeed, Inc. (BZFDW) company profile
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $75.46MP/E –Yield –
About BuzzFeed
Communications Services, NEC, SIC 4899
BuzzFeed, Inc. is a digital media enterprise that produces and distributes entertainment, news, pop culture, and shopping content. Operating well-known media brands such as BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty, the company engages audiences through articles, lists, videos, quizzes, and original series. It monetizes its cross-platform network through three principal revenue segments: digital advertising, custom content creation and licensing, and commerce affiliate partnerships. The company’s client base includes major corporate advertisers, streaming and social media partners, and prominent retail platforms seeking to reach millennial and generation Z consumers.
The company distributes its content across owned digital destinations and third-party media platforms globally. BuzzFeed employs 507 individuals across five countries, supported by union representation in the United States and Canada. The enterprise initially originated in New York City, where it developed its digital experimentation laboratory.
Summary of the business section of BuzzFeed's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- BuzzFeed, Inc.
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Address
- 50 West 23rd Street, 6th Floor 10010
- Phone
- (646) 397-2039
- Website
- buzzfeed.com
- Employees
- 507, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Communications Services, NEC
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, New York
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- BZFDW
- Other tickers
- BZFD
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Jan 13, 2021
- Shares outstanding
- 83M, Aug 4, 2026
- Public float
- $65.30M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- <br>Emerging growth company
- Stock splits
- 1-for-4 reverse, May 6, 2024
- SEC CIK
- 1828972
- CUSIP
- 12430A110
- ISIN
- US12430A1108
- FIGI
- BBG00YPTSJH4
- LEI
- 549300SG5TUGEF0IOD98
- EIN
- 85-3022075
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Byron Allen Folks | CEO, Director | 45,700,000 |
| Jonah Peretti | President of BuzzFeed AI, Director | 1,334,090 |
| Matthew Omer | CFO | 405,170 |
| David Arroyo | CLO | 254,512 |
| Daniel Weinstein | Chief Accounting Officer | 11,987 |
| Allen Family Digital, LLC | Director | 50,000,000 |
| Janet L. Rolle | Director | 330,073 |
| Adam Rothstein | Director | 8,167,438 |
| Terence Hill | Director | 59,895 |
| Eric Gould | Director | 72,062 |
| Chris Malone | Director | 56,423 |
| Sydnie Karras | Director | 56,062 |
| Stanley Eric Washington | Director | – |
| Gregory Coleman | Director | 610,420 |
| Angela Acharia | Director | 12,433 |
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Stock awards | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Peretti Founder and Chief Executive Officer | $115.00K | $146.61K | $1.47K | $263.08K | -70% |
| Matthew Omer Chief Financial Officer | $402.80K | $410.82K | $3.67K | $817.29K | -44% |
| David Arroyo Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | $405.56K | $413.64K | $7.31K | $826.52K | -40% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
IPO
From the final prospectus (Form 424B4) and the first day of trading
SPAC offering
- Type
- SPAC (blank check) IPO of units
- Final prospectus filed
- Jan 13, 2021
- Offer price
- $10.00
- Securities offered
- 25,000,000
- Gross proceeds
- $250.00M
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- First trading day
- Mar 5, 2021
- First-day close
- $9.79-2.1%
- Lock-up ends (est.)
- Sep 1, 2021
“Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of our Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant.”
Lock-up end is estimated as 180 days after the first trading day; the prospectus sets the actual terms.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had 507 employees located across five countries.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings