Unity CEO John Riccitiello retires; James Whitehurst named interim CEO; Q3 guidance reaffirmed

Unity Software Inc.

John Riccitiello retires as CEO, President, and Chairman effective Oct 9, 2023; will advise until April 9, 2024.
James Whitehurst (former Red Hat CEO) appointed Interim CEO, President, and Board member.
Roelof Botha, Lead Independent Director, becomes Chairman of the Board.
Unity reaffirms previously issued Q3 2023 guidance; Q3 results due November 9, 2023.
Board initiates search for permanent CEO with help of an executive search firm.

item 2.02 item 5.02 item 9.01

Executive movements

Machine-extracted from this filing. Every card cites the SEC source. See all recent executive movements.

Departed

John Riccitiello

President and Chief Executive Officer

U · Unity Software Inc.

Effective: 2023-10-09
Successor: James Whitehurst
Filed: October 10, 2023, 7:59 PM ET

On October 9, 2023, the Company announced that John Riccitiello will retire as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.

Appointed (interim)

James Whitehurst

Interim Chief Executive Officer and President

U · Unity Software Inc.

Effective: 2023-10-09
Filed: October 10, 2023, 7:59 PM ET

On October 9, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of James Whitehurst, age 55, to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member of the Board, effective immediately.

Key facts

Extracted from this filing and checked against the source text.

Earnings Releases SEC 8-K Item 2.02 confidence 0.85

Unity Software Inc. updated its third quarter 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).

Period: third quarter 2023
Guidance: reaffirmed
Result: guidance update

Exact text from the filing

Unity reaffirms its previously announced third quarter 2023 guidance.

View on SEC.gov

Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 1.0

John Riccitiello retired as President and Chief Executive Officer at Unity Software Inc..

Action: retired
Role: President and Chief Executive Officer

Exact text from the filing

On October 9, 2023, the Company announced that John Riccitiello will retire as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately.

View on SEC.gov

Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 1.0

James Whitehurst was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President at Unity Software Inc..

Action: appointed
Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer and President

Exact text from the filing

On October 9, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of James Whitehurst, age 55, to serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member of the Board, effective immediately.

View on SEC.gov

20 earnings releases filed in the last 30 days. Browse all earnings releases →

Unity Software Inc. filing history →

Source: SEC EDGAR

accession 0001193125-23-253118

view filing index on sec.gov

view primary document

Machine-readable: JSON · Markdown · Plain text

This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice. See methodology for how this pipeline works.