---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001617640-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZG"
cik: "0001617640"
company_name: "ZILLOW GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T01:31:08.651161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zillow Group reappoints Bill Gurley of Benchmark to board of directors

## Summary
- J. William Gurley reappointed effective Jan 6, 2024; previously served from 2005 to 2015.
- Gurley is a general partner at Benchmark Capital; also serves on boards of Stitch Fix and Nextdoor.
- Initial option grant of $41,667 value (Class C stock), fully vesting March 1, 2025.
- Standard annual grant of $250,000 value (Black-Scholes-Merton) on each March 1 for nonemployee directors.
- Gurley designated as an independent director; no committee appointments at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001617640-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZG
- cik: 0001617640
- company_name: ZILLOW GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617640/000161764024000004/0001617640-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617640/000161764024000004/z-20240106.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001617640-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. William Gurley was appointed as Director at ZILLOW GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 6, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Zillow Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “Zillow Group”) appointed J. William Gurley as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617640/000161764024000004/0001617640-24-000004-index.htm

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