---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000094845-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEVI"
cik: "0000094845"
company_name: "LEVI STRAUSS & CO"
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:41:52.316416+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Michelle Gass to become Levi Strauss CEO on Jan 29, 2024; Bergh to retire April 26, 2024

## Summary
- Chip Bergh to retire as President & CEO effective April 26, 2024; will serve as Executive Vice Chair until then, then Senior Advisor through FY2024.
- Michelle Gass, currently President, elected to succeed Bergh as President & CEO effective January 29, 2024, completing the two-year succession plan announced Nov 8, 2022.
- Bergh will receive a $1M consulting fee as Senior Advisor and $200K/year admin support for 4 years; existing equity awards vest under retirement treatment.
- Gass will continue current base salary and target annual incentive; future compensation determined by board in ordinary course.
- No material transactions or family relationships with Gass; transition plan executed with board approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000094845-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEVI
- cik: 0000094845
- company_name: LEVI STRAUSS & CO
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000056/0000094845-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000056/levi-20231207.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000094845-23-000056
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000094845-23-000056.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000094845-23-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michelle Gass was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer at LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has elected Michelle Gass, currently the Company’s President, to succeed Mr. Bergh as President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) effective January 29, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000056/0000094845-23-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles Bergh retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Charles (“Chip”) Bergh has decided to retire from the Company as of April 26, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000056/0000094845-23-000056-index.htm
- Executive change
  Charles Bergh was elected as Executive Vice Chair of the Board at LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Vice Chair of the Board
  source text: The Board has elected Mr. Bergh as Executive Vice Chair of the Board until the retirement date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000009484523000056/0000094845-23-000056-index.htm

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