---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779152-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JKHY"
cik: "0000779152"
company_name: "JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:51:21.554157+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jack Henry CEO David Foss to retire; COO Greg Adelson named CEO effective July 1, 2024

## Summary
- David Foss will retire as CEO on June 30, 2024, and become Executive Board Chair.
- Greg Adelson, currently President and COO, appointed CEO and President effective July 1, 2024.
- Under Foss, revenue grew ~50% to $2.08B and net income to $367M since 2016; he led 25+ acquisitions.
- Adelson joined in 2011, led creation of PayCenter payments hub, Ensenta acquisition, and cloud modernization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779152-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JKHY
- cik: 0000779152
- company_name: JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000010/0000779152-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000010/jkhy-20240119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000779152-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory R. Adelson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Gregory R. Adelson will be appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000010/0000779152-24-000010-index.htm
- Executive change
  David B. Foss departed as Executive Board Chair at JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES INC.
  - Action: resigned as CEO and assumed Executive Board Chair
  - Role: Executive Board Chair
  source text: David B. Foss, who currently serves as Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, will resign from his role as Chief Executive Officer and assume the role of Executive Board Chair, effective July 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779152/000077915224000010/0000779152-24-000010-index.htm

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