---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001590895-24-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CZR"
cik: "0001590895"
company_name: "Caesars Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:46:11.096456+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caesars Entertainment appoints Rodney Williams to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 10 to 11 directors; Williams elected effective July 1, 2024, pending regulatory approvals.
- Williams recently served as President of Diageo Beer Company and Diageo Canada.
- Previously, he was Maison President of Belvedere Vodka at Moet Hennessy (LVMH) and grew Hennessy business 4x.
- He brings luxury brand-building and hospitality expertise; serves on James Beard Foundation board.
- Williams began career at Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and General Motors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001590895-24-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CZR
- cik: 0001590895
- company_name: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590895/000159089524000109/0001590895-24-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590895/000159089524000109/czr-20240628.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590895-24-000109
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001590895-24-000109.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rodney Williams was elected as Director at Caesars Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 28, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from ten directors to eleven directors and subsequently elected Rodney Williams to fill the vacancy, effective July 1, 2024, subject to customary regulatory approvals and requirements pending licensure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590895/000159089524000109/0001590895-24-000109-index.htm

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