---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-003728"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQIX"
cik: "0001101239"
company_name: "EQUINIX INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:47:31.361054+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equinix names Google Cloud exec Adaire Fox-Martin as CEO; Meyers to Executive Chair

## Summary
- Adaire Fox-Martin, current Board member and Google Cloud President, appointed President and CEO effective late Q2 2024.
- Charles Meyers transitions to Executive Chairman; Peter Van Camp moves to Special Advisor to the Board.
- Fox-Martin receives $1M base salary, 150% target bonus, $18M equity award; plus $412K cash and $17M equity sign-on.
- Meyers will receive $400K base salary as Executive Chairman through the 2025 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-003728
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQIX
- cik: 0001101239
- company_name: EQUINIX INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000095010324003728/0000950103-24-003728-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000095010324003728/dp208072_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-003728
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-003728.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-003728.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles Meyers changed role as Executive Chairman at EQUINIX INC.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: Charles Meyers, who announced that he plans to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective on the Transition Date. Mr. Meyers will continue with the Company in the role of Executive Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000095010324003728/0000950103-24-003728-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Van Camp resigned as Special Advisor to the Board at EQUINIX INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Special Advisor to the Board
  source text: Peter Van Camp, the Company’s current Executive Chairman, will resign from that position and from his service as a Board member. He will continue to provide advisory consulting services as Special Advisor to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000095010324003728/0000950103-24-003728-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adaire Fox-Martin was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at EQUINIX INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Equinix, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Adaire Fox-Martin, a current member of the Board, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101239/000095010324003728/0000950103-24-003728-index.htm

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