---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000912242-24-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAC"
cik: "0000912242"
company_name: "MACERICH CO"
filed_at: "2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T17:58:54.704356+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Macerich appoints Jackson Hsieh as CEO/President, adds him to Board effective March 1, 2024

## Summary
- Board size increased from 9 to 10 to create vacancy for new director.
- Jackson Hsieh unanimously appointed as CEO and President, effective March 1, 2024.
- Hsieh will also serve as a member of the Board of Directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000912242-24-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAC
- cik: 0000912242
- company_name: MACERICH CO
- filed_at: 2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912242/000091224224000024/0000912242-24-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912242/000091224224000024/mac-20240220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912242-24-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912242-24-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000912242-24-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jackson Hsieh was appointed as Director at MACERICH CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: unanimously appointed Jackson Hsieh to fill the newly created vacancy, effective concurrently with his appointment to the role of Chief Executive Officer and President on March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912242/000091224224000024/0000912242-24-000024-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jackson Hsieh was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at MACERICH CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: unanimously appointed Jackson Hsieh to fill the newly created vacancy, effective concurrently with his appointment to the role of Chief Executive Officer and President on March 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912242/000091224224000024/0000912242-24-000024-index.htm

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