---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-361799"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GSBD"
cik: "0001572694"
company_name: "Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:41:51.511694+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Brendan McGovern to retire March 2022; replaced by co-CEOs Chi and Miller

## Summary
- Brendan McGovern retiring as CEO/President effective March 2022; transition not due to disagreement.
- Alex Chi and David Miller appointed co-CEOs and co-Presidents effective March 2022.
- Bylaws amended to permit appointment of multiple officers, including co-CEOs.
- Chi has 25 years at GS in investment banking; Miller co-founded GS middle market origination in 2004.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-361799
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GSBD
- cik: 0001572694
- company_name: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312521361799/0001193125-21-361799-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312521361799/d252995d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Miller was appointed as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President at Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President
  source text: On December 16, 2021, the board of directors of the Company appointed Alex Chi, age 48, and David Miller, age 52, as co-Chief Executive Officers and co-Presidents, effective on or about March 14, 2022, or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may determine.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312521361799/0001193125-21-361799-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alex Chi was appointed as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President at Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President
  source text: On December 16, 2021, the board of directors of the Company appointed Alex Chi, age 48, and David Miller, age 52, as co-Chief Executive Officers and co-Presidents, effective on or about March 14, 2022, or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may determine.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312521361799/0001193125-21-361799-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brendan McGovern retired as Chief Executive Officer and President at Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Brendan McGovern notified Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intention to retire from his position as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1572694/000119312521361799/0001193125-21-361799-index.htm

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