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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001258602-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NNI"
cik: "0001258602"
company_name: "NELNET INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:04:45.649480+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nelnet President and NBS CEO Tim Tewes to retire effective June 30, 2026

## Summary
- Tim Tewes notified retirement on January 15, 2026; effective June 30, 2026, ending over 25 years of service.
- Joined Nelnet in 2005 via FACTS acquisition, became NBS CEO in 2007 and Nelnet President in 2014.
- Led growth, diversification, strategic acquisitions, education payment solutions, and launch of Nelnet Bank.
- Will continue serving on the Nelnet Bank Board of Directors after retirement.
- No successor was announced in the press release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001258602-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NNI
- cik: 0001258602
- company_name: NELNET INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860226000002/0001258602-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1258602/000125860226000002/nni-20260115.htm

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