---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-22-001147"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KKR"
cik: "0001404912"
company_name: "KKR & Co. Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:18:24.583415+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KKR appoints Ryan Stork as COO effective January 3, 2022

## Summary
- Ryan Stork appointed COO effective Jan 3, 2022; previously Deputy COO at BlackRock for 20+ years.
- Compensation includes $300k base salary, discretionary bonus, and carried interest.
- Equity awards: 200k time-based units vesting over 6 years; 200k market condition units with stock price targets of $100-$140.
- Market condition units cliff vest on April 1, 2027; forfeited if stock price targets not met.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-22-001147
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KKR
- cik: 0001404912
- company_name: KKR & Co. Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-10T23:59:59+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/1404912/000114036122001147/0001140361-22-001147-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122001147/brhc10032656_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-001147
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-001147.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-001147.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Stork was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at KKR & Co. Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Appointment of Chief Operating Officer KKR & Co. Inc. (the “Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, “KKR”) announced that Ryan Stork was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective January 3, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1404912/000114036122001147/0001140361-22-001147-index.htm

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