---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-008055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOUR"
cik: "0001874875"
company_name: "Hour Loop, Inc"
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T15:16:01.525152+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Rahul Ratan resigns; CEO Sam Lai appointed interim CFO effective March 29, 2022

## Summary
- Rahul Ratan resigned as CFO for personal reasons, effective March 29, 2022.
- Board appointed CEO and Chairman Sam Lai as interim CFO, principal financial and accounting officer.
- Ratan will provide consulting services during a transition period.
- Lai, 39, has been CEO since June 2013 and Chairman since April 2021.
- Lai and his spouse beneficially own 33,300,000 shares, representing 100% voting power.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-008055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOUR
- cik: 0001874875
- company_name: Hour Loop, Inc
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222008055/0001493152-22-008055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222008055/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008055
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008055.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-008055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rahul Ratan resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Hour Loop, Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Rahul Ratan, Chief Financial Officer of Hour Loop, Inc. (the “Company”), advised the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) that, for personal reasons, he resigned as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 29, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222008055/0001493152-22-008055-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sam Lai was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Hour Loop, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board has appointed Sam Lai, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874875/000149315222008055/0001493152-22-008055-index.htm

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