---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-019460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:56:38.249353+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma brand president Ryan Ross resigns effective July 26, 2022

## Summary
- Ryan Ross, President of the Williams Sonoma brand, resigned effective July 26, 2022.
- No successor has been named as of the filing date.
- The departure affects a key brand leadership role at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-019460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022019460/0001628280-22-019460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022019460/wsm-20220720.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-019460.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ryan Ross resigned as President of the Williams Sonoma brand at WILLIAMS SONOMA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President of the Williams Sonoma brand
  source text: On July 26, 2022, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. announced that Ryan Ross, President of the Williams Sonoma brand, has submitted his resignation effective July 26, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022019460/0001628280-22-019460-index.htm

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