---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-417937"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IT"
cik: "0000749251"
company_name: "GARTNER INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:15:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:28:36.387353+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gartner Chief Legal Officer Thomas Kim to step down October 16; no successor named

## Summary
- Thomas Kim, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, notified Gartner on October 3, 2026 that he will step down effective October 16, 2026.
- Kim is leaving to pursue a new senior executive opportunity outside the company.
- Gartner stated there was no disagreement between Kim and the company on any matter relating to financials, operations, policies or practices.
- No replacement or interim Chief Legal Officer was named in the filing; CFO Craig W. Safian signed the report on October 8, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-417937
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IT
- cik: 0000749251
- company_name: GARTNER INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:15:37+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000119312526417937/0001193125-26-417937-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000119312526417937/d158580d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417937
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417937.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-417937.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Kim departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary at GARTNER INC.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
  source text: On October 3, 2026, Mr. Thomas Kim, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary of Gartner, Inc. (the “Company” or “Gartner”), notified the Company that he will be stepping down from his role effective October 16, 2026 to pursue a new senior executive opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/749251/000119312526417937/0001193125-26-417937-index.htm

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