---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000898173-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORLY"
cik: "0000898173"
company_name: "O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:11:05.401954+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# O'Reilly promotes Beckham & Kirby to Co-Presidents; Johnson stays CEO

## Summary
- Brad Beckham (EVP/COO) and Brent Kirby (EVP/Chief Supply Chain Officer) promoted to Co-President effective Jan 9, 2023.
- Greg Johnson remains CEO, passes President title to Beckham and Kirby.
- Beckham oversees store ops, sales, real estate, HR, legal, finance; Kirby oversees supply chain, merchandising, IT, omnichannel.
- Compensation: annual base salary of $750k each, 100% incentive target, stock option award equal to 100% of base salary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000898173-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORLY
- cik: 0000898173
- company_name: O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817323000005/0000898173-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817323000005/orly-20230106x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-23-000005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-23-000005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898173-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Beckham changed role as Co-President at O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Co-President
  source text: On January 6, 2023, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the “Company” or “O’Reilly”) issued a press release announcing that effective January 9, 2023, Brad Beckham, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Brent Kirby, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, will each be promoted to Co-President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817323000005/0000898173-23-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brent Kirby changed role as Co-President at O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: Co-President
  source text: On January 6, 2023, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the “Company” or “O’Reilly”) issued a press release announcing that effective January 9, 2023, Brad Beckham, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Brent Kirby, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, will each be promoted to Co-President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898173/000089817323000005/0000898173-23-000005-index.htm

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