---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517375-24-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPT"
cik: "0001517375"
company_name: "Sprout Social, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:54:12.892715+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sprout Social names President Ryan Barretto to succeed Justyn Howard as CEO effective Oct 1, 2024

## Summary
- Justyn Howard steps down as CEO on Oct 1, 2024, and becomes Executive Chair.
- Ryan Barretto, current President since Dec 2020, appointed CEO effective Oct 1, 2024.
- Barretto expected to be proposed for Board membership upon becoming CEO.
- Compensation terms for new CEO and Executive Chair not yet determined; 8-K amendment to follow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517375-24-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPT
- cik: 0001517375
- company_name: Sprout Social, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000065/0001517375-24-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000065/spt-20240409.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517375-24-000065.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Justyn Howard was appointed as Executive Chair at Sprout Social, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: On April 11, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Howard to the role of Executive Chair of the Board effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000065/0001517375-24-000065-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Barretto was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Sprout Social, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 11, 2024, the Board appointed Ryan Barretto, the Company’s current President, to succeed Mr. Howard as Chief Executive Officer effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000065/0001517375-24-000065-index.htm

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