---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-160685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNAP"
cik: "0001564408"
company_name: "Snap Inc"
filed_at: "2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:21:03.964243+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Snap hires Eric Young as SVP of Engineering; $1M salary, $40M in RSUs

## Summary
- Eric Young appointed SVP of Engineering, effective June 5, 2023.
- Annual salary of $1,000,000; sign-on bonus of $500,000 paid in quarterly installments.
- New-hire RSUs with at least $40,000,000 aggregate value, vesting quarterly over 4 years.
- Previously VP of Engineering at Google; held roles at Amazon; B.S. from Vanderbilt, MBA from Wharton.
- No family relationships or related transactions with board or executive officers reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-160685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNAP
- cik: 0001564408
- company_name: Snap Inc
- filed_at: 2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312523160685/0001193125-23-160685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312523160685/d508132d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-160685
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-160685.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-160685.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Young was appointed as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Snap Inc.
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Engineering
  source text: On June 5, 2023, Eric Young joined Snap Inc. to serve as Senior Vice President of Engineering.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564408/000119312523160685/0001193125-23-160685-index.htm

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