---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-23-003076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RKT"
cik: "0001805284"
company_name: "Rocket Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T06:26:53.062884+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rocket Companies expands board, appoints CEO Varun Krishna as director

## Summary
- Board expanded from seven to eight directors; vacancy filled by CEO Varun Krishna.
- Varun Krishna appointed as Class III director, effective December 21, 2023.
- Term expires at 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
- No related-party transactions between Krishna or family and the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-23-003076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RKT
- cik: 0001805284
- company_name: Rocket Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805284/000095014223003076/0000950142-23-003076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805284/000095014223003076/eh230433626_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-23-003076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-23-003076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-23-003076.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Varun Krishna was appointed as Class III director at Rocket Companies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: voted to expand the Board from seven directors to eight directors and to fill the newly created vacancy on the Board by appointing Varun Krishna, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to serve as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805284/000095014223003076/0000950142-23-003076-index.htm

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