---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-007213"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COUR"
cik: "0001651562"
company_name: "Coursera, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T06:55:43.119899+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coursera appoints Greg Hart as CEO, replacing retiring CEO Jeff Maggioncalda

## Summary
- Greg Hart named President, CEO, and Class III director effective Feb 3, 2025.
- Jeff Maggioncalda retires after 7 years; revenue grew 10x and learners exceeded 100M.
- Hart's base salary $590K; target bonus 100% of base; equity awards total $38M at grant-date value.
- Equity: $16M RSUs, $16M time-based options, $6M performance-based options with 150% stock price hurdle.
- Severance: 12 months salary/bonus outside change-of-control; 18 months salary/bonus plus equity acceleration within CIC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-007213
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COUR
- cik: 0001651562
- company_name: Coursera, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000110465925007213/0001104659-25-007213-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000110465925007213/tm254798d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-007213
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-007213.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-007213.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Maggioncalda retired as President, Chief Executive Officer and Class III director at Coursera, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer and Class III director
  source text: Mr. Maggioncalda’s retirement from those roles, effective as of the Start Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000110465925007213/0001104659-25-007213-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gregory Hart was appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer and Class III director at Coursera, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer and Class III director
  source text: appointed Gregory Hart to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Class III director on the Company’s Board, effective on February 3, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000110465925007213/0001104659-25-007213-index.htm

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