---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-004866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOGO"
cik: "0001537054"
company_name: "Gogo Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:44:04.892137+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gogo promotes Aguirre to President and COO; CFO Rowan and GC Elias plan retirements

## Summary
- Sergio Aguirre promoted to President and COO effective April 1, 2022; salary raised to $400,000.
- Aguirre receives $300,000 RSU grant vesting over 3–5 years; employment term extended to Dec 31, 2026.
- CFO Barry Rowan will retire after 2022 FY earnings call; Jessica Betjemann named successor.
- GC Marguerite Elias intends to retire by end of 2022; successor search initiated.
- CEO Oakleigh Thorne's employment term set through March 31, 2024, with possible transition to Executive Chair.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-004866
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOGO
- cik: 0001537054
- company_name: Gogo Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017022004866/0000950170-22-004866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017022004866/gogo-20220325.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-004866.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sergio Aguirre changed role as President and Chief Operating Officer at Gogo Inc..
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: The Aguirre Amendment provides that as of April 1, 2022, Mr. Aguirre will be employed by the Company as our President and Chief Operating Officer and will continue to report directly to our Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1537054/000095017022004866/0000950170-22-004866-index.htm

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