---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-009221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFAI"
cik: "0001805521"
company_name: "FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC."
filed_at: "2022-04-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T07:26:47.741110+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Faraday Future founder Yueting Jia loses executive officer status; VP Jerry Wang resigns amid investigation fallout

## Summary
- Effective April 12, 2022, YT Jia no longer an executive officer; role limited to Product & Mobility Ecosystem and AI/Advanced R&D, reporting to Executive Chairperson.
- Matthias Aydt, SVP Business Development and board member, placed on six-month probation as executive officer; remains non-independent board member.
- Vice President Global Capital Markets Jerry Wang resigned April 10, 2022 after being suspended without pay since January 31, 2022.
- Actions follow completed independent investigation into disclosure inaccuracies, failures to disclose related party relationships, and lack of cooperation.
- Additional disciplinary actions and terminations of non-executive employees also approved by the Board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-009221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFAI
- cik: 0001805521
- company_name: FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC.
- filed_at: 2022-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000162828022009221/0001628280-22-009221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000162828022009221/ffie-20220410.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yueting (YT) Jia changed role as Chief Product & User Ecosystem Officer at FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC..
  - Action: continues as Chief Product & User Ecosystem Officer but no longer an executive officer
  - Role: Chief Product & User Ecosystem Officer
  source text: Mr. Jia’s role will be limited to focusing on (a) Product and Mobility Ecosystem and (b) Internet, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced R&D technology, and he will no longer be an executive officer;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000162828022009221/0001628280-22-009221-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jiawei (Jerry) Wang resigned as Vice President, Global Capital Markets at FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, Global Capital Markets
  source text: On April 10, 2022, Jiawei (Jerry) Wang, the Company’s Vice President, Global Capital Markets, who had been suspended without pay since January 31, 2022, notified the Board of his decision to resign from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805521/000162828022009221/0001628280-22-009221-index.htm

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