---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-006872"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T12:58:18.550888+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale appoints Peter Mintzberg as CEO; Sonnenshein steps down effective May 20

## Summary
- Peter Mintzberg named CEO of Grayscale, effective August 15, 2024; will join Board of Directors.
- Current CEO Michael Sonnenshein steps down; Edward McGee serves as interim principal executive officer.
- Mintzberg was Global Head of Strategy for Asset & Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs.
- Over 20 years of leadership at BlackRock, OppenheimerFunds, Invesco, and McKinsey.
- Sonnenshein had been CEO since 2021; grew AUM from $60M to ~$30B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-006872
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010324006872/0000950103-24-006872-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010324006872/dp211406_8k-ethe.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-006872.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Mintzberg was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: announced that it has approved the appointment of Peter Mintzberg to serve as Grayscale’s new Chief Executive Officer and the principal executive officer of the Company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Grayscale, effective August 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010324006872/0000950103-24-006872-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward McGee was appointed as Principal Executive Officer (Interim) at Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Executive Officer (Interim)
  source text: Mr. Edward McGee, the Chief Financial Officer of Grayscale and principal financial officer of the Company, will serve as principal executive officer on an interim basis until Mr. Mintzberg’s commencement date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010324006872/0000950103-24-006872-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Sonnenshein departed as Chief Executive Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Mintzberg will succeed Michael Sonnenshein, the current Chief Executive Officer of Grayscale and the principal executive officer of the Company, who has decided to step down from his position, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010324006872/0000950103-24-006872-index.htm

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