---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-035402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNZI"
cik: "0001826011"
company_name: "Banzai International, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:56:07.767535+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banzai appoints former Goldman Sachs VP and Uber IR director Kent Schofield to board

## Summary
- Kent Schofield appointed as independent director effective September 3, 2024; board now has six members (five independent).
- Schofield previously served as director of 7GC & Co. Holdings prior to its business combination with Banzai.
- He brings over 20 years experience from Goldman Sachs (VP, lead equity analyst), Uber (IR and strategic finance), and currently CFO of Welcome Tech.
- No transactions with Schofield requiring disclosure under Item 404(a); he is independent per Nasdaq and SEC rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-035402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNZI
- cik: 0001826011
- company_name: Banzai International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315224035402/0001493152-24-035402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315224035402/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-035402
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-035402.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kent Schofield was appointed as Director at Banzai International, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Banzai International, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board by one pursuant to provisions in the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and selected Mr. Kent Schofield to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from the increase in the authorized number of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315224035402/0001493152-24-035402-index.htm

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