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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001506293-21-000228"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PINS"
cik: "0001506293"
company_name: "PINTEREST, INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:52:52.428280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pinterest appoints Andrea Acosta as Chief Accounting Officer with $400K salary, $300K bonus, $6M RSU

## Summary
- Andrea Acosta, age 42, joins as CAO starting February 14, 2021 (date may be typo; offer accepted Oct 30, 2021).
- Previous role: Global Controller and CAO at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. since July 2020.
- Compensation: $400,000 annual base salary, $300,000 sign-on bonus, $6M RSU award vesting quarterly over four years.
- RSU grant subject to Talent Development and Compensation Committee approval under 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001506293-21-000228
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PINS
- cik: 0001506293
- company_name: PINTEREST, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629321000228/0001506293-21-000228-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629321000228/pins-20211030.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001506293-21-000228
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001506293-21-000228.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrea Acosta was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at PINTEREST, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On October 30, 2021, Andrea Acosta accepted an offer from Pinterest, Inc. (“Pinterest” or the “Company”) to join the Company as its Chief Accounting Officer starting February 14, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506293/000150629321000228/0001506293-21-000228-index.htm

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