---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-001143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RFL"
cik: "0001713863"
company_name: "Rafael Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T19:44:28.807461+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Patrick Fabbio to depart Jan 27; David Polinsky re-appointed CFO

## Summary
- Patrick Fabbio will depart as CFO effective January 27, 2023, by mutual decision due to company's change of focus and his professional pursuits.
- David Polinsky elected CFO effective January 28, 2023; he previously served as CFO from 2017-2021.
- Polinsky will leave his Chief of Staff role; he has served in that role since September 2021.
- Polinsky has a background in finance, law, and prior roles at Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals and Square Management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-001143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RFL
- cik: 0001713863
- company_name: Rafael Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023001143/0001213900-23-001143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023001143/ea171287-8k_rafaelhold.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-001143.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Polinsky was elected as Chief Financial Officer at Rafael Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company elected David Polinsky, the Company’s current Chief of Staff, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023001143/0001213900-23-001143-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Fabbio departed as Chief Financial Officer at Rafael Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: departing
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: effective January 27, 2023, Mr. Fabbio, the current Chief Financial Officer of the Company, would be departing the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023001143/0001213900-23-001143-index.htm

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