---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-035143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGTI"
cik: "0001001601"
company_name: "MGT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:10:14.310520+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Robert Ladd resigns; Paul Taylor named interim CEO and CFO

## Summary
- Robert B. Ladd resigned as CEO, President, Acting CFO, and board member effective August 29, 2024.
- Ladd's resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Paul R. Taylor, 65, appointed Interim Principal Executive Officer and Interim Principal Financial Officer on September 2, 2024.
- Taylor co-founded Dinostar/RPM One Inc. in 2003 and served as its CEO; also consulted XNET Investments.
- Taylor receives $10,000/month ($5,000 cash, $5,000 deferred) for the interim role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-035143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGTI
- cik: 0001001601
- company_name: MGT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001601/000149315224035143/0001493152-24-035143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001601/000149315224035143/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert B. Ladd resigned as Chief Executive Officer, President, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Director at MGT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer, President, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Director
  source text: On August 29, 2024, Robert B. Ladd resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Acting Chief Financial Officer of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (the “Company”), and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective August 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001601/000149315224035143/0001493152-24-035143-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul R. Taylor was appointed as Interim Principal Executive Officer and Interim Principal Financial Officer at MGT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Principal Executive Officer and Interim Principal Financial Officer
  source text: On September 2, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Paul R. Taylor, 65, to serve as Interim Principal Executive Officer and Interim Principal Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001601/000149315224035143/0001493152-24-035143-index.htm

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