---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T11:27:01.189532+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tripadvisor co-founder and CEO Stephen Kaufer to step down in 2022; board starts successor search

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-323024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Kaufer departed as Co-Founder and CEO at TripAdvisor, Inc..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Co-Founder and CEO
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312521323024/0001193125-21-323024-index.htm

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