---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001319947-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBI"
cik: "0001319947"
company_name: "Designer Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:48:59.452232+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Designer Brands President William L. Jordan to step down by Dec 1, 2023

## Summary
- William L. Jordan, President of Designer Brands and President of Camuto LLC, will leave his roles.
- Expected departure date is on or before December 1, 2023.
- No successor or interim replacement has been announced in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001319947-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBI
- cik: 0001319947
- company_name: Designer Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000036/0001319947-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000036/dbi-20230825.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319947-23-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319947-23-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001319947-23-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William L. Jordan departed as President (of the Company) and President of Camuto LLC at Designer Brands Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President (of the Company) and President of Camuto LLC
  source text: On August 28, 2023, Designer Brands Inc. (the “Company”) announced that William L. Jordan, the President of the Company and President of Camuto LLC, will step down from his positions at the Company on a date that is expected to be on or before December 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319947/000131994723000036/0001319947-23-000036-index.htm

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