---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517375-24-000120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPT"
cik: "0001517375"
company_name: "Sprout Social, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T23:18:31.950318+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ryan Barretto appointed CEO and elected to Sprout Social board effective Oct 1, 2024

## Summary
- Ryan Barretto becomes CEO of Sprout Social as of October 1, 2024.
- Barretto also elected to the Board as a Class III director, term expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Board size expands to eight directors with Barretto's election.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517375-24-000120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPT
- cik: 0001517375
- company_name: Sprout Social, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+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/1517375/000151737524000120/0001517375-24-000120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000120/spt-20240930.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517375-24-000120.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Barretto was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Sprout Social, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ryan Barretto was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective October 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000120/0001517375-24-000120-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Barretto was elected as Class III director at Sprout Social, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On September 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company elected Ryan Barretto to the Board as a Class III director for a term commencing on the Effective Date and expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517375/000151737524000120/0001517375-24-000120-index.htm

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