---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-071284"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOOD"
cik: "0001783879"
company_name: "Robinhood Markets, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T02:17:40.758151+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Robinhood COO Gretchen Howard to retire, transition to advisory role through Jan 2024

## Summary
- COO Howard notified company of retirement on March 10, 2023; effective April 3, 2023, she steps down as executive officer.
- Howard will serve as Special Advisor to CEO until January 1, 2024, supporting transition and special projects.
- Compensation and equity vesting remain unchanged during advisory period; employment is at-will.
- No cloud: retirement is a planned, orderly succession without any disclosed disagreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-071284
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOOD
- cik: 0001783879
- company_name: Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000119312523071284/0001193125-23-071284-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000119312523071284/d485105d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-071284
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-071284.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-071284.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gretchen Howard retired as Chief Operating Officer at Robinhood Markets, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 10, 2023, Gretchen Howard, the Chief Operating Officer of Robinhood Markets, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of her desire to retire from the Company at the end of 2023. Ms. Howard will transition to an advisory role on April 3, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1783879/000119312523071284/0001193125-23-071284-index.htm

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