---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517413-22-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLY"
cik: "0001517413"
company_name: "Fastly, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:38:18.746481+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastly CEO Joshua Bixby to resign once successor is appointed; board initiates search

## Summary
- Joshua Bixby to step down as CEO and board member after successor named; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Fastly board has formed a search committee to identify next CEO; no interim CEO appointed.
- Under Bixby, revenue grew at 33% CAGR 2019-2021; enterprise customers grew 24% CAGR.
- Network expanded from 26 countries/55 markets in Q1 2020 to 34 countries/75 markets in Q1 2022.
- Bixby led acquisition of Signal Sciences, launch of Next-Gen WAF; recruited CFO, CRO, CMO, CPO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517413-22-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLY
- cik: 0001517413
- company_name: Fastly, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741322000056/0001517413-22-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741322000056/fsly-20220429.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001517413-22-000056.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joshua Bixby departed as Chief Executive Officer at Fastly, Inc..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 29, 2022, Joshua Bixby notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fastly, Inc. of his decision to resign as Fastly’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of the date of his successor’s appointment (the “Separation Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741322000056/0001517413-22-000056-index.htm

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