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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001594805-25-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHOP"
cik: "0001594805"
company_name: "SHOPIFY INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:11:32.770541+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shopify appoints Jessica Hertz as COO, effective October 9, 2025

## Summary
- Jessica Hertz, age 43, formerly Shopify's General Counsel since 2021, promoted to COO.
- As General Counsel, Hertz oversaw global legal, communications, policy, talent, and trust teams.
- Prior roles include White House, Facebook, and Jenner & Block LLP; J.D. from Univ. of Chicago Law.
- No family relationships or material interests in transactions requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001594805-25-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHOP
- cik: 0001594805
- company_name: SHOPIFY INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1594805/000159480525000083/0001594805-25-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1594805/000159480525000083/shop-20251009.htm

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