---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-075554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001839360"
company_name: "FaZe Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:50:13.558938+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FaZe Holdings terminates CEO Lee Trink; appoints COO/CFO Christoph Pachler as interim CEO

## Summary
- Lee Trink terminated as CEO effective Sept 9, 2023; will resign from Board per governance guidelines.
- Christoph Pachler (COO/CFO) appointed Interim CEO, retaining existing roles.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure under Reg S-K Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-075554
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001839360
- company_name: FaZe Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839360/000121390023075554/0001213900-23-075554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839360/000121390023075554/ea184990-8k_fazehold.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-075554.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lee Trink was terminated as Chief Executive Officer at FaZe Holdings Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 9, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FaZe Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) took action to terminate Lee Trink from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839360/000121390023075554/0001213900-23-075554-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christoph Pachler was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at FaZe Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 9, 2023, the Board appointed Christoph Pachler, the current Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839360/000121390023075554/0001213900-23-075554-index.htm

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