---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-25-000828"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T06:17:04.298126+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle CEO Steven Moskowitz terminated; CFO Dan Schlanger named interim CEO

## Summary
- Steven Moskowitz terminated as President and CEO effective March 23, 2025; not for cause or related to financial performance/ethics.
- CFO Dan Schlanger appointed Interim President and CEO; will continue as CFO until April 1, 2025, then Sunit Patel becomes CFO.
- Schlanger to become Chief Transformation Officer after permanent CEO is found; oversees fiber segment sale expected to close first half 2026.
- Board initiated search for successor CEO; reaffirms all recently announced financial guidance and capital allocation policies.
- Schlanger granted $100K monthly stipend, $4.125M 2025 RSUs, $4.1M promotion RSUs, and $1M transformation RSUs tied to fiber sale.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-25-000828
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000095014225000828/0000950142-25-000828-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000095014225000828/eh250607763_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-25-000828
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-25-000828.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950142-25-000828.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a71ac582fe
  claim: Sunit Patel changed role as EVP and Chief Financial Officer at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  evidence_excerpt: at which time Sunit Patel will assume the role of EVP and CFO as previously announced on March 12, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000095014225000828/0000950142-25-000828-index.htm
- claim_id: b7bd98be1d
  claim: Steven J. Moskowitz departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  evidence_excerpt: Steven J. Moskowitz ceased to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), effective March 23, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000095014225000828/0000950142-25-000828-index.htm
- claim_id: c8842c72ca
  claim: Daniel K. Schlanger was appointed as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) appointed Daniel K. Schlanger, the Company’s Executive Vice President (“EVP”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), to serve as Interim President and CEO of the Company (“Interim CEO”), effective March 23, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000095014225000828/0000950142-25-000828-index.htm

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