---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-385911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WW"
cik: "0000105319"
company_name: "WW INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-09T12:01:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-09T12:05:13.618978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WW International appoints Stephen Bye as CEO and director, effective fall 2026

## Summary
- Bye named President, CEO and board member; start date on or before Nov 27, 2026, mutually agreed.
- Employment terms: $850k base salary, 125% target bonus, $1.5M signing bonus, $1M RSU grant, $5.1M initial grant.
- Bye previously CEO of Ookla; led subscription growth and value creation; also held roles at DISH, Sprint, C Spire.
- Interim Office of the CEO (DellaFortuna and Volkmann) dissolves upon Bye's start; they remain CFO and COO.
- Board expands from six to seven directors effective on commencement date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-385911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WW
- cik: 0000105319
- company_name: WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-09T12:01:05+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312526385911/0001193125-26-385911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312526385911/d172124d8k.htm

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