---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DG"
cik: "0000029534"
company_name: "DOLLAR GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:50:58.846609+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dollar General President and CFO John Garratt to retire effective June 2, 2023

## Summary
- John Garratt plans to retire as President and CFO effective June 2, 2023.
- Company will evaluate internal candidates; no external search currently planned.
- Garratt joined DG in 2014, served as CFO since Dec 2015 and President since Sep 2022.
- CEO Jeff Owen thanked Garratt for his service and strategic contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DG
- cik: 0000029534
- company_name: DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-30T23:59:59+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/29534/000115752323000118/0001157523-23-000118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752323000118/a53293771.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000118
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000118.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000118.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John W. Garratt departed as President and Chief Financial Officer at DOLLAR GENERAL CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 30, 2023, Dollar General Corporation (the “Company”) announced that John W. Garratt, the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire from the Company effective June 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29534/000115752323000118/0001157523-23-000118-index.htm

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