---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001376139-21-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVI"
cik: "0001376139"
company_name: "CVR ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T06:20:09.459254+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVR Energy appoints David Willetts, Icahn Enterprises CFO, to board and committees

## Summary
- David Willetts appointed to board, Compensation, Nominating & Governance, and Special Committees.
- Willetts is CFO of Icahn Enterprises (since June 2021) and director at CVR Partners and Viskase.
- Willetts will not receive compensation for board service.
- Carl Icahn indirectly owns ~71% of CVR common shares; Willetts is affiliated with Icahn.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001376139-21-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVI
- cik: 0001376139
- company_name: CVR ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000078/0001376139-21-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000078/cvi-20210707.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001376139-21-000078.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Willetts was appointed as Director at CVR ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 7, 2021, David Willetts was appointed to the board of directors (the “Board”) of CVR Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), as well as to the Board’s Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Special Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613921000078/0001376139-21-000078-index.htm

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