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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562088-21-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOL"
cik: "0001562088"
company_name: "Duolingo, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T01:16:40.987301+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duolingo names John Lilly, Greylock venture partner and former Mozilla CEO, to board

## Summary
- Appointed as Class I director effective Dec 15, 2021; term expires at 2022 annual meeting.
- Will serve on the Compensation and Leadership Committee.
- Eligible for non-employee director compensation: $30K annual retainer, $6K committee retainer, and RSU awards.
- Lilly is a venture partner at Greylock, led investments in Instagram, Dropbox, Figma; former CEO of Mozilla.
- Adds over 25 years of consumer tech leadership to Duolingo's board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562088-21-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOL
- cik: 0001562088
- company_name: Duolingo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000156208821000053/0001562088-21-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000156208821000053/duol-20211208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562088-21-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562088-21-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562088-21-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Lilly was appointed as Class I director at Duolingo, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: appointed John Lilly to serve as a Class I director on the Company’s Board and as a member of the Compensation and Leadership Committee, in each case, effective as of December 15 , 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000156208821000053/0001562088-21-000053-index.htm

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