---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-015199"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FATAQ"
cik: "0001705012"
company_name: "Fat Brands, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T03:41:05.457033+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FAT Brands names Kenneth Kuick and Robert Rosen as Co-CEOs; CEO Andrew Wiederhorn resigns

## Summary
- Andrew Wiederhorn resigned as CEO effective May 5, 2023; succeeded by Kuick and Rosen as Co-CEOs.
- Kenneth Kuick (current CFO) gets $550k base salary, bonus target 50%, stock options for 50k shares.
- Robert Rosen (Head of Debt Capital Markets) gets $550k base salary, bonus target 50%, stock options for 400k shares.
- Kuick severance: 6 months base plus pro-rated bonus; Rosen severance: 1 year base plus pro-rated bonus.
- Both continue vesting in prior equity grants; no family relationships or material transactions per Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-015199
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FATAQ
- cik: 0001705012
- company_name: Fat Brands, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223015199/0001493152-23-015199-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223015199/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-015199.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kenneth Kuick was appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Kenneth Kuick, age 54, and Robert Rosen, age 56, as Co-Chief Executive Officers (“Co-CEO’s”) of the Company, effective May 5, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223015199/0001493152-23-015199-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Rosen was appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officer at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Co-Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Kenneth Kuick, age 54, and Robert Rosen, age 56, as Co-Chief Executive Officers (“Co-CEO’s”) of the Company, effective May 5, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223015199/0001493152-23-015199-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew Wiederhorn resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Andrew Wiederhorn, who resigned as Chief Executive Officer effective May 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223015199/0001493152-23-015199-index.htm

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