---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-326390"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COUR"
cik: "0001651562"
company_name: "Coursera, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T09:15:51.803196+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coursera CAO William Billings resigns to pursue CFO opportunity elsewhere

## Summary
- William Billings resigned as VP, Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer on Nov 10, 2021.
- Resignation is to accept a Chief Financial Officer role at another company.
- No disagreement with Coursera's operations, policies, or procedures was cited.
- No replacement for the CAO position has been announced in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-326390
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COUR
- cik: 0001651562
- company_name: Coursera, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000119312521326390/0001193125-21-326390-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000119312521326390/d235985d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-326390
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-326390.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-326390.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Billings resigned as Vice President, Accounting, and Chief Accounting Officer at Coursera, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, Accounting, and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 10, 2021, William Billings notified Coursera, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as Vice President, Accounting, and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company to pursue a Chief Financial Officer opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1651562/000119312521326390/0001193125-21-326390-index.htm

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