---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-025361"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEAT"
cik: "0001856031"
company_name: "Vivid Seats Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:10:54.172191+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivid Seats Q4 rev up 20% to $198.3M; net income down 10%; authorizes $100M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $198.3M (+20% YoY); net income $22.4M (-10%); Adjusted EBITDA $35.1M (+4%).
- FY 2023 revenue $712.9M (+19%); net income $107.0M (+51%); Adjusted EBITDA $142.0M (+25%).
- Marketplace GOV Q4 $1.11B (+31% YoY); FY $3.92B (+23%).
- Board authorized $100M share repurchase program with no fixed expiration.
- CTO Jonathan Wagner retiring March 15; Stefano Langenbacher named new CTO effective March 18.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-025361
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEAT
- cik: 0001856031
- company_name: Vivid Seats Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/0000950170-24-025361-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/seat-20240229.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-025361.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Vivid Seats Inc. reported the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $712.9 million, net income $107.0 million.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $712.9 million
  - Net income: $107.0 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Full Year 2023 Key Operational and Financial Metrics • Marketplace GOV of $3,920.5 million – up 23% from $3,184.8 million in 2022 • Revenues of $712.9 million – up 19% from $600.3 million in 2022 • Net income of $107.0 million – up 51% from $70.8 million in 2022 • Adjusted EBITDA of $142.0 million – up 25% from $113.3 million in 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/0000950170-24-025361-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Vivid Seats Inc. reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $198.3 million, net income $22.4 million.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $198.3 million
  - Net income: $22.4 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth Quarter 2023 Key Operational and Financial Metrics • Marketplace GOV of $1,112.3 million – up 31% from $846.0 million in Q4 2022 • Revenues of $198.3 million – up 20% from $165.0 million in Q4 2022 • Net income of $22.4 million – down 10% from $24.8 million in Q4 2022 • Adjusted EBITDA of $35.1 million – up 4% from $33.7 million in Q4 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/0000950170-24-025361-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Wagner retired as Chief Technology Officer at Vivid Seats Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On February 29, 2024, Jonathan Wagner notified the Company that he will retire from his role as Chief Technology Officer, effective March 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/0000950170-24-025361-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stefano Langenbacher was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Vivid Seats Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On March 5, 2024, the Company announced that Stefano Langenbacher has been hired as the Company’s new Chief Technology Officer, effective March 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017024025361/0000950170-24-025361-index.htm

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