---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-001028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:25:20.652369+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise appoints Amber Mason as COO; $500k base salary, eligible for severance plan

## Summary
- Amber Mason appointed COO effective Jan 10, 2023; previously VP Business Development since April 2022.
- Annual base salary of $500,000, pro-rated for part-time status; eligible for 2023 discretionary bonus.
- Mason participates in Executive Severance Plan (Dec 16, 2022); provides up to 1.25x salary (1.5x in CIC) plus bonus and equity.
- Severance plan includes 18-month non-compete and non-solicitation covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-001028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023001028/0001628280-23-001028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023001028/mktw-20230110.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amber Mason was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at MARKETWISE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: MarketWise, Inc. (the “Company” or “MarketWise”) has appointed Amber Mason to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of January 10, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023001028/0001628280-23-001028-index.htm

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