---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-212922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHR"
cik: "0000106640"
company_name: "WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T09:08:49.987239+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whirlpool appoints Rudy Wilson to board of directors

## Summary
- Rudy Wilson, president of global consumer brands at SC Johnson, appointed to board effective Aug. 14, 2023.
- Wilson will serve on the Audit Committee and Finance Committee.
- Compensation consists of $150k annual cash retainer and $150k annual equity in Whirlpool common stock.
- Wilson previously held brand and marketing roles at AT&T and PepsiCo; holds an MBA from University of Michigan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-212922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHR
- cik: 0000106640
- company_name: WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312523212922/0001193125-23-212922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312523212922/d650668d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-212922
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-212922.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-212922.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rudy Wilson was appointed as Director at WHIRLPOOL CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Whirlpool Corporation appointed Rudy Wilson as a Director of Whirlpool Corporation and a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Finance Committee, effective August 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/106640/000119312523212922/0001193125-23-212922-index.htm

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