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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000804328-24-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCOM"
cik: "0000804328"
company_name: "QUALCOMM INC/DE"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:21:41.388706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QCOM appoints CFO Akash Palkhiwala as additional COO; salary +$150k, $3M equity

## Summary
- CFO Akash Palkhiwala appointed Chief Operating Officer effective January 22, 2024, retaining CFO role.
- Now responsible for global go-to-market organization and operations in addition to finance.
- Base salary raised by $150,000 per year; granted $3,000,000 in performance and restricted stock units.
- No arrangements or family relationships disclosed; standard benefit eligibility continues.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000804328-24-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCOM
- cik: 0000804328
- company_name: QUALCOMM INC/DE
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432824000005/0000804328-24-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432824000005/qcom-20240122.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000804328-24-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Akash Palkhiwala was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at QUALCOMM INC/DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On January 22, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of QUALCOMM Incorporated (the “Company”), appointed Akash Palkhiwala, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to also serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/804328/000080432824000005/0000804328-24-000005-index.htm

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