---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-045418"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTGR"
cik: "0001122904"
company_name: "NETGEAR, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:19:18.869131+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NETGEAR appoints Shravan Goli to board of directors

## Summary
- Goli elected to board effective August 19, 2021; received 4,447 RSUs vesting at 2022 annual meeting.
- Goli is Coursera's chief product officer and head of Consumer Revenue; previously CEO of Dictionary.com.
- Background includes executive roles at Dice, Yahoo, Microsoft; over 20 years in SaaS and subscription.
- Expected to be named to board committees at a future date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-045418
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTGR
- cik: 0001122904
- company_name: NETGEAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000156459021045418/0001564590-21-045418-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000156459021045418/ntgr-8k_20210819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-045418
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-045418.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-045418.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shravan Goli was elected as member of the Board of Directors at NETGEAR, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On August 19, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of NETGEAR, Inc. ("NETGEAR") elected Shravan Goli to serve as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000156459021045418/0001564590-21-045418-index.htm

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