---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-23-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:36:01.440664+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Taco Bell CEO Mark King to retire Dec 31, 2023; Sean Tresvant named successor

## Summary
- Mark King informed Yum! Brands he will retire as CEO of Taco Bell effective December 31, 2023.
- Sean Tresvant, currently Taco Bell Global Chief Brand and Strategy Officer, appointed CEO effective January 1, 2024.
- Transition reflects planned succession; no financial or operational changes disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-23-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106123000033/0001041061-23-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106123000033/yum-20230627.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-23-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-23-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-23-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sean Tresvant was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell at YUM BRANDS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell
  source text: Sean Tresvant, currently the Taco Bell Global Chief Brand and Strategy Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell on January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106123000033/0001041061-23-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark King departed as Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell at YUM BRANDS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell
  source text: On June 27, 2023, Mr. Mark King, Chief Executive Officer of the Taco Bell Division (“Taco Bell”) of Yum! Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he plans to retire as Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell on December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106123000033/0001041061-23-000033-index.htm

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