---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001607939-24-000159"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UDMY"
cik: "0001607939"
company_name: "Udemy, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:50:43.198425+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Udemy appoints founder Eren Bali as CTO; Bali resigns from board

## Summary
- Eren Bali, co-founder, returns as CTO effective Aug 12, 2024, succeeding Venu Venugopal, who remains advisory.
- Bali resigned from the board to take the CTO role; no disagreement cited with the company.
- Bali will oversee engineering, data, and technical program mgmt, reporting to CEO Greg Brown.
- Director Sohaib Abbasi appointed to the audit committee following Bali's departure from board.
- Company says Bali's return accelerates product strategy, AI innovation, and enterprise growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001607939-24-000159
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UDMY
- cik: 0001607939
- company_name: Udemy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793924000159/0001607939-24-000159-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793924000159/udmy-20240812.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-24-000159
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-24-000159.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001607939-24-000159.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eren Bali resigned as Director at Udemy, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Eren Bali resigned from the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Udemy, Inc. (the "Company") and its committees
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793924000159/0001607939-24-000159-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eren Bali was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Udemy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Mr. Bali as the Company's Chief Technology Officer, effective August 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607939/000160793924000159/0001607939-24-000159-index.htm

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