---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-24-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T01:31:52.525406+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle appoints Scott Boatwright as permanent CEO, effective immediately

## Summary
- Boatwright, previously Interim CEO since August 2024, is now permanent CEO and board member.
- He served as COO since 2017, overseeing 125,000+ employees and 3,600+ restaurants.
- Board conducted external search; unanimously concluded Boatwright is best leader for next growth stage.
- Boatwright led technology integration and improved throughput; retention rates at industry-leading levels.
- Earlier roles include 18 years at Arby's, most recently SVP of Operations overseeing 1,700 restaurants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-24-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000053/0001058090-24-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000053/cmg-20241111.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-24-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Boatwright was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 11, 2024, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (“Chipotle”) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Scott Boatwright, age 52, as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of Chipotle, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809024000053/0001058090-24-000053-index.htm

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