---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001058090-25-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMG"
cik: "0001058090"
company_name: "CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T06:48:08.204956+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chipotle hires Jason Kidd as COO from May 19; Jack Hartung to step down as exec on June 1

## Summary
- Jason Kidd, former Taco Bell COO, joins as COO overseeing nearly 3,800 restaurants, reports to CEO Scott Boatwright.
- Kidd receives $675k base salary, 90% cash incentive target, $150k signing bonus, and $3M equity (75% SOSARs, 25% RSUs) vesting 50% each on 2nd and 3rd anniversaries.
- Jack Hartung steps down as President and Chief Strategy Officer on June 1; becomes senior advisor through early March 2026 at $200k base + 25% target.
- Hartung waives severance claims; compensation reduced for non-executive role.
- Curt Garner becomes President, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer adding supply chain; Chris Brandt becomes President, Chief Brand Officer leading menu/ingredient processes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001058090-25-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMG
- cik: 0001058090
- company_name: CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000033/0001058090-25-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000033/cmg-20250505.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-25-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-25-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001058090-25-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason Kidd was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: hired
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 6, 2025, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (“Chipotle”) announced that it has hired Jason Kidd, age 50, as its Chief Operating Officer, effective May 19, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000033/0001058090-25-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jack Hartung changed role as President and Chief Strategy Officer at CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC.
  - Action: step down
  - Role: President and Chief Strategy Officer
  source text: Chipotle also announced that Jack Hartung, Chipotle’s President and Chief Strategy Officer, notified the company on May 5, 2025 that he will step down from his executive officer position effective June 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058090/000105809025000033/0001058090-25-000033-index.htm

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