---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-114628"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPI"
cik: "0001495932"
company_name: "eXp World Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-08T17:10:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:32:52.483341+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AGNT names eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja as CEO effective Oct. 8; founder Glenn Sanford stays as Chairman

## Summary
- Leo Pareja, 44, appointed Chief Executive Officer of AGNT effective Oct. 8, 2026; he had served as CEO of subsidiary eXp Realty since April 2024.
- Founder Glenn Sanford transitions out of the CEO role and all employment positions effective Oct. 8, 2026, but continues as Chairman of the Board.
- Pareja's base salary rises to $1,800,000 plus a promotional grant of 1,060,814 performance stock options (0-200% of target TSR vesting) and 573,588 RSUs vesting quarterly over three years.
- 2027 annual equity award has an aggregate grant-date value of $4,897,500; termination without cause brings 18 months of base salary and up to 12 months COBRA.
- Sanford, though not independent, will get the standard non-employee director compensation package; the company may sign a consulting agreement with him, to be disclosed later.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-114628
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPI
- cik: 0001495932
- company_name: eXp World Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T17:10:11+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000110465926114628/0001104659-26-114628-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000110465926114628/agnt-20261002x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Glenn Sanford changed role as Chief Executive Officer at eXp World Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Sanford intends to transition from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and from all other employment positions with the Company and its subsidiaries, effective October 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000110465926114628/0001104659-26-114628-index.htm
- Executive change
  Leo Pareja was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at eXp World Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 6, 2026, the Board acted by unanimous written consent to appoint Mr. Pareja as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective October 8, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495932/000110465926114628/0001104659-26-114628-index.htm

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