---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-010420"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKLZ"
cik: "0001801661"
company_name: "Skillz Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T07:11:53.396933+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skillz CAO departs, new principal accounting officer appointed; 2023 annual meeting date set

## Summary
- Stanley Mbugua stepped down as CAO effective March 31, 2023; receives $150k severance and 6 months COBRA.
- Elly Ryu appointed Controller and Global Head of Accounting (principal accounting officer) effective April 3, 2023; salary $280k, target incentive $100k, equity grants $120k.
- 2023 Annual Meeting set for June 20, 2023; record date April 21, 2023; stockholder proposal deadline April 13, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-010420
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKLZ
- cik: 0001801661
- company_name: Skillz Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.08, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801661/000162828023010420/0001628280-23-010420-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801661/000162828023010420/sklz-20230331.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stanley Mbugua departed as Chief Accounting Officer at Skillz Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Stanley Mbugua, Chief Accounting Officer of Skillz Inc. (the “Company”) stepped down as an officer of the Company effective March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801661/000162828023010420/0001628280-23-010420-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elly Ryu was appointed as Controller and Global Head of Accounting, principal accounting officer at Skillz Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Controller and Global Head of Accounting, principal accounting officer
  source text: Effective April 3, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), Elly Ryu, 42, will serve as Controller and Global Head of Accounting, the principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801661/000162828023010420/0001628280-23-010420-index.htm

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