---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-381142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CARG"
cik: "0001494259"
company_name: "CarGurus, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-03T12:55:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-03T13:00:07.383855+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CarGurus appoints Matthew Mandel as CFO effective Oct. 19, 2026

## Summary
- Matthew Mandel named CFO, effective Oct. 19, 2026; previously CFO/COO at Fleetio since Nov. 2023.
- Mandel receives $450,000 base salary, $450,000 target bonus, and $250,000 sign-on bonus.
- Initial RSU grant of $5.5 million under 2017 Plan, vesting over four years.
- CEO Jason Trevisan steps down as interim principal financial officer but remains CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-381142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CARG
- cik: 0001494259
- company_name: CarGurus, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-03T12:55:45+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494259/000119312526381142/0001193125-26-381142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494259/000119312526381142/d43018d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-381142
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-381142.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason Trevisan changed role as interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer at CarGurus, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer
  source text: In connection with the appointment of Mr. Mandel as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Jason Trevisan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will step down from his role as the Company’s interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer effective the Start Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494259/000119312526381142/0001193125-26-381142-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Mandel was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CarGurus, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 3, 2026, CarGurus, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Matthew Mandel as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer as well as its principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective October 19, 2026 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494259/000119312526381142/0001193125-26-381142-index.htm

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