---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-277528"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GT"
cik: "0000042582"
company_name: "GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/"
filed_at: "2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T02:52:51.278360+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Goodyear CEO Richard Kramer to retire in 2024; board launches succession search

## Summary
- Richard Kramer to retire in 2024 after 14 years as Chairman, CEO and President.
- Board retained executive search firm to consider both internal and external candidates.
- Kramer led Goodyear's largest-ever acquisition, Cooper Tire in 2021, and navigated pandemic.
- Goodyear separately announced 'Goodyear Forward' transformation plan to optimize portfolio and reduce leverage.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-277528
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GT
- cik: 0000042582
- company_name: GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/
- filed_at: 2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/000119312523277528/0001193125-23-277528-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/000119312523277528/d850412d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-277528
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-277528.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-277528.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard J. Kramer departed as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President at GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On November 10, 2023, Richard J. Kramer, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, informed the Board of Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company”) of his plans to retire in 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42582/000119312523277528/0001193125-23-277528-index.htm

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