Michael Hurlston Biography and Net Worth

President and Chief Executive Officer of Lumentum

Michael Hurlston joined Lumentum as President and CEO in 2025.

Hurlston is a proven technology executive with over 30 years of senior leadership experience within the technology industry.

Prior to joining Lumentum, Hurlston served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Synaptics, Inc., a worldwide pioneer and leader in human interface hardware and software. Prior to Synaptics, Hurlston served as the Chief Executive Officer of Finisar Corporation, where he oversaw the company’s agreement to be acquired by II-VI. Before joining Finisar, he served in a variety of senior leadership positions at Broadcom Limited and its predecessor corporation across the sales, marketing, and general management functions, including serving as its Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Connectivity Products/Wireless Communications and Connectivity Division.

Hurlston has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Flex Ltd. since September 2020. He also sits on the Board and is a member of the Compensation Committee for Astera Labs, Inc. In addition, Hurlston is a member of the Board of Executive Trustees of the UC Davis Foundation, the Dean’s Executive Committee for the College of Engineering, and the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.

Hurlston holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.

What is Michael E. Hurlston's net worth?: The estimated net worth of Michael E. Hurlston is at least $178.75 million as of August 27th, 2026. Mr. Hurlston owns 186,951 shares of Lumentum stock worth more than $178,751,329 as of August 28th. This net worth estimate does not reflect any other assets that Mr. Hurlston may own. Learn More about Michael E. Hurlston's net worth.
How do I contact Michael E. Hurlston?: The corporate mailing address for Mr. Hurlston and other Lumentum executives is 400 NORTH MCCARTHY BOULEVARD, MILPITAS CA, 95035. Lumentum can also be reached via phone at (408) 546-5483 and via email at [email protected]. Learn More on Michael E. Hurlston's contact information.
Has Michael E. Hurlston been buying or selling shares of Lumentum?: During the last quarter, Michael E. Hurlston has sold $525,345.68 in Lumentum stock. Most recently, Michael E. Hurlston sold 548 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $958.66, for a transaction totalling $525,345.68. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 186,951 shares of the company's stock, valued at $179,222,445.66. Learn More on Michael E. Hurlston's trading history.
Who are Lumentum's active insiders?: Lumentum's insider roster includes Wajid Ali (CFO), Harold Covert (Director), Pamela Fletcher (Director), Judy Hamel (SVP), Isaac Harris (Director), Penny Herscher (Director), Michael Hurlston (President and Chief Executive Officer), Julia Johnson (Director), Jae Kim (Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary), Brian Lillie (Director), Alan Lowe (CEO), Jason Reinhardt (EVP), Vincent Retort (COO), Matthew Sepe (CAO), Ian Small (Director), and Yuen Wupen (President, Cloud and Networking). Learn More on Lumentum's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Lumentum?: During the last year, insiders at the technology company sold shares 39 times. They sold a total of 198,794 shares worth more than $139,060,597.22. The most recent insider tranaction occured on August, 27th when CEO Michael E Hurlston sold 548 shares worth more than $525,345.68. Insiders at Lumentum own 0.4% of the company. Learn More about insider trades at Lumentum.
Information on this page was last updated on 8/27/2026.

Michael E. Hurlston Insider Trading History at Lumentum

Transaction Date	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction	Details
8/27/2026	Sell	548	$958.66	$525,345.68	186,951

Michael E. Hurlston Buying and Selling Activity at Lumentum

Lumentum Company Overview

Lumentum Holdings Inc. manufactures and sells optical and photonic products in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments: Optical Communications (OpComms) and Commercial Lasers (Lasers). The OpComms segment offers components, modules, and subsystems that enable the transmission and transport of video, audio, and data over high-capacity fiber optic cables. It offers tunable transponders, transceivers, and transmitter modules; tunable lasers, receivers, and modulators; transport products, such as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, amplifiers, and optical channel monitors, as well as components, including 980nm, multi-mode, and Raman pumps; and switches, attenuators, photodetectors, gain flattening filters, isolators, wavelength-division multiplexing filters, arrayed waveguide gratings, multiplex/de-multiplexers, and integrated passive modules. This segment also provides Super Transport Blade, which integrates optical transport functions into a single-slot blade; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; directly modulated and electro-absorption modulated lasers; and laser illumination sources for 3D sensing systems. It serves customers in telecommunications, data communications, and consumer and industrial markets. The Commercial Lasers segment offers diode-pumped solid-state, fiber, diode, direct-diode, and gas lasers, such as argon-ion and helium-neon lasers for use in original equipment manufacturer applications. It serves customers in markets and applications, such as sheet metal processing, general manufacturing, biotechnology, solar cell processing, graphics and imaging, remote sensing, and precision machining. Lumentum Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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