---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-006729"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T09:57:28.569333+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lead independent director Paul Idzik to step down at MarketWise annual meeting

## Summary
- Paul Idzik will leave the board at the end of his current term coinciding with the 2023 annual meeting.
- Idzik's decision is not the result of any disagreement with the Company's operations or policies.
- MarketWise plans to adjust the authorized number of directors to match the remaining board size.
- Idzik served as lead independent director since the July 2021 business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-006729
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023006729/0001628280-23-006729-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023006729/mktw-20230301.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-006729.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Idzik departed as Lead Independent Director at MARKETWISE, INC..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: On March 1, 2023, Paul Idzik, who has served as the lead independent director of MarketWise, Inc. (the “Company”) since the completion of the Company’s initial business combination in July 2021, informed the Company that he will step down from the board of directors at the end of his current term, which coincides with the Company’s upcoming annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023006729/0001628280-23-006729-index.htm

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