---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001585689-25-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLT"
cik: "0001585689"
company_name: "Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T14:00:07.655523+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hilton nominates Marissa Mayer for board election; Judith McHale to retire

## Summary
- Judith McHale will not stand for re-election and will retire from the board effective May 13, 2025, with no disagreement.
- Marissa A. Mayer, CEO of Sunshine Products and former Yahoo CEO, nominated for election at Hilton's 2025 annual meeting.
- Mayer brings deep technology and AI expertise; also serves on boards of AT&T, Walmart, and Nextdoor.
- McHale served nearly 12 years on the Hilton board, including as Chair of the Compensation Committee.
- Mayer was an early Google employee and led search, maps, and news products for over a decade.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001585689-25-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLT
- cik: 0001585689
- company_name: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568925000033/0001585689-25-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568925000033/hlt-20250227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-25-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-25-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001585689-25-000033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Judith A. McHale departed as Director at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 27, 2025, Judith A. McHale, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her intention not to stand for re-election and to retire from the Board, effective May 13, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568925000033/0001585689-25-000033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marissa A. Mayer was appointed as Director at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc..
  - Action: nominated for election
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board’s nomination of Marissa A. Mayer, Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Products and former Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Yahoo!, Inc., for election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585689/000158568925000033/0001585689-25-000033-index.htm

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