{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-21-323024","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"TRIP","cik":"0001526520","company_name":"TripAdvisor, Inc.","filed_at":"2021-11-08T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:12.858489+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-28T11:27:01.189532+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"Tripadvisor co-founder and CEO Stephen Kaufer to step down in 2022; board starts successor search","bullets":["Stephen Kaufer, co-founder and CEO since 2000, will depart in 2022 and remain until a successor is appointed.","Board has initiated an open search including internal and external candidates for the CEO role.","Kaufer cited strong post-pandemic position and over 20 years tenure as reasons for planned transition.","Chairman Greg Maffei noted excellent internal candidates and a comprehensive external search."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312521323024/0001193125-21-323024-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312521323024/d589110d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-28T11:27:01.189532+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"726731cb04","claim":"Stephen Kaufer departed as Co-Founder and CEO at TripAdvisor, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On November 8, 2021, Tripadvisor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that Co-Founder and CEO Stephen Kaufer will step down from his position at Tripadvisor in 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312521323024/0001193125-21-323024-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"step down"},{"label":"Role","value":"Co-Founder and CEO"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}