---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-23-000267"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MS"
cik: "0000895421"
company_name: "MORGAN STANLEY"
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T18:29:02.077533+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley EVP and COO Jonathan Pruzan retiring effective Jan 31, 2023

## Summary
- Jonathan M. Pruzan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, is retiring.
- Retirement effective January 31, 2023; company announced on January 9, 2023.
- No successor has been announced for the COO role.
- Pruzan's departure removes a key executive from day-to-day operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-23-000267
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MS
- cik: 0000895421
- company_name: MORGAN STANLEY
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323000267/0000950103-23-000267-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323000267/dp186800_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-000267
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-000267.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-000267.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan M. Pruzan departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at MORGAN STANLEY.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On January 9, 2023, Morgan Stanley announced that Jonathan M. Pruzan, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, is retiring from his position effective January 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323000267/0000950103-23-000267-index.htm

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