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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000078003-21-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFE"
cik: "0000078003"
company_name: "PFIZER INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:28:53.568374+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pfizer Group President & Chief Business Officer John D. Young to retire in early 2022

## Summary
- John D. Young announced retirement, stepping down as executive officer no later than Dec 31, 2021.
- He will remain as an employee in an advisory role for part of 2022 after stepping down.
- Young was Group President and Chief Business Officer at Pfizer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000078003-21-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFE
- cik: 0000078003
- company_name: PFIZER INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800321000087/0000078003-21-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800321000087/pfe-20210706.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-21-000087
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-21-000087.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000078003-21-000087.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John D. Young retired as Group President, Chief Business Officer at PFIZER INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Group President, Chief Business Officer
  source text: John D. Young, Group President, Chief Business Officer, has announced his decision to retire from Pfizer Inc. (the “Company”) in early 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78003/000007800321000087/0000078003-21-000087-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.