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accession: "0001616707-21-000155"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "W"
cik: "0001616707"
company_name: "Wayfair Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T16:48:37.051379+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wayfair appoints Pinterest's Jeremy King to board, authorizes $1B share buyback

## Summary
- Jeremy King, SVP and Head of Engineering at Pinterest, elected to Wayfair's Board, effective immediately.
- Board authorized a new $1B share repurchase program; prior $700M program has $537M completed.
- King received a restricted stock unit award valued at $250,000 with a one-year vesting schedule.
- Wayfair paid Pinterest ~$11M in ordinary course ad/marketing costs in 2021; Audit Committee approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001616707-21-000155
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: W
- cik: 0001616707
- company_name: Wayfair Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616707/000161670721000155/0001616707-21-000155-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616707/000161670721000155/w-20210810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616707-21-000155
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616707-21-000155.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616707-21-000155.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeremy King was elected as Director at Wayfair Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 10, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wayfair Inc. (the “Company”) elected Jeremy King to the Board, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616707/000161670721000155/0001616707-21-000155-index.htm

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