---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-038763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001456857"
company_name: "MJ Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T04:31:14.586824+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MJ Holdings CEO Tom Valenzuela resigns; John Gorst appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- Tom Valenzuela resigned as CEO effective Oct 27, 2023; remains on board of directors.
- John Gorst appointed interim CEO and to the board effective Oct 28, 2023.
- Valenzuela's resignation not due to disagreement with company operations or policies.
- Company will continue search for permanent CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-038763
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001456857
- company_name: MJ Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1456857/000149315223038763/0001493152-23-038763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1456857/000149315223038763/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-038763.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tom Valenzuela resigned as Interim Chief Executive Officer at MJ Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 27th, 2023, Tom Valenzuela, the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, submitted his resignation as Chief Executive Officer effective as of October 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1456857/000149315223038763/0001493152-23-038763-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Gorst was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at MJ Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 28, 2023, the Company’s board of directors appointed John Gorst as interim Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective as of October 28, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1456857/000149315223038763/0001493152-23-038763-index.htm

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