---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001609711-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GDDY"
cik: "0001609711"
company_name: "GoDaddy Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:36:56.010760+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GoDaddy appoints Roger Chen as COO effective January 3, 2022

## Summary
- Chen was previously President of Domain Registrars and Investors Business at GoDaddy.
- He reports directly to CEO Aman Bhutani.
- Chen joined GoDaddy in 2015 as VP of Asia; his compensation for the COO role is not yet set.
- Chen holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from UC Berkeley.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001609711-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GDDY
- cik: 0001609711
- company_name: GoDaddy Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000160971122000003/0001609711-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000160971122000003/gddy-20220103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609711-22-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609711-22-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001609711-22-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger Chen was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at GoDaddy Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On December 8, 2021, the board of directors of GoDaddy Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Roger Chen to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1609711/000160971122000003/0001609711-22-000003-index.htm

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