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When a CFO leaves, is a successor named at the same time?
Computed October 23, 2026 from the verified record · Download this table (CSV)
75.2%
of departure filings name a successor in the same filing
Of 330 verified filings that disclose a CFO leaving the seat, 248 (75.2%) name a successor in the same filing: 168 a permanent CFO and 80 an interim one. For 25, a later filing on the record names the successor, a median of 42 days later. For 57 (17.3%), no successor is on the record yet.
The counts
| Successor | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent successor named in the same filing | 168 | 50.9% |
| Interim successor named in the same filing | 80 | 24.2% |
| Successor named in a later filing on the record | 25 | 7.6% |
| No successor on the record yet | 57 | 17.3% |
| All filings that disclose a CFO leaving | 330 | |
| Median days to the later filing | 42 |
| Company | Departure filing | Successor filing | Days | Successor event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh | 2026-06-01 | 2026-08-07 | 67 | Transition |
| WD-40 Company | 2026-06-04 | 2026-09-03 | 91 | Transition |
| Satellogic Inc. | 2026-06-08 | 2026-08-27 | 80 | Interim |
| AI Era Corp. | 2026-06-09 | 2026-07-17 | 38 | Interim |
| CVRx, Inc. | 2026-06-09 | 2026-09-21 | 104 | Transition |
| Olenox Industries Inc. | 2026-06-11 | 2026-07-29 | 48 | Interim |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | 2026-06-22 | 2026-08-03 | 42 | Interim |
| Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. | 2026-06-24 | 2026-10-02 | 100 | Appointment |
| Laird Superfood, Inc. | 2026-07-14 | 2026-09-08 | 56 | Appointment |
| Lindsay Corporation | 2026-07-17 | 2026-08-28 | 42 | Interim |
| Albertsons Companies, Inc. | 2026-07-23 | 2026-09-30 | 69 | Interim |
| Satellogic Inc. | 2026-07-28 | 2026-08-27 | 30 | Interim |
| Cabot Corporation | 2026-07-30 | 2026-09-15 | 47 | Interim |
| Arrive AI Inc. | 2026-07-31 | 2026-08-12 | 12 | Appointment |
| Tredegar Corporation | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-15 | 46 | Appointment |
| Baxter International Inc. | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-19 | 15 | Transition |
| Barfresh Food Group Inc. | 2026-08-07 | 2026-09-01 | 25 | Interim |
| Fusemachines Inc. | 2026-08-07 | 2026-09-04 | 28 | Appointment |
| NRC Health | 2026-08-11 | 2026-10-19 | 69 | Interim |
| Lifeward Ltd. | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-31 | 17 | Transition |
| Ameresco, Inc. | 2026-08-19 | 2026-09-10 | 22 | Interim |
| New Fortress Energy Inc. | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-10 | 20 | Interim |
| USBC, Inc. | 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-24 | 0 | Appointment |
| Innventure, Inc. | 2026-08-31 | 2026-09-21 | 21 | Transition |
| Nixxy, Inc. | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-04 | 3 | Appointment |
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How this is computed
- The base is every verified move that names an outgoing CFO: departures, transitions, and interim or appointment filings that also name the person leaving.
- A successor in the same filing is an incoming CFO named on the same record. Interim means the record's event is interim.
- For a filing that names no successor, the earliest later move at the same company (matched by CIK) that names an incoming CFO, filed on or after it, counts as the successor filing.
- Only verified records count: drafts never build. A share whose base is zero is shown as not established, never as 0%.
What the record cannot tell you
- No successor on the record yet does not mean the seat is empty: the company may have named one in a filing the record does not hold yet, or in a filing that is not an 8-K.
- The earliest filing on the record is from June 2026, so departures filed before then are not here.
- The record holds the filings CFO Tribune has read and verified, not every filing made. Each figure describes that record only.
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