---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-024473"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:05:17.265582+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise appoints Erik Mickels as CFO effective August 15, 2023

## Summary
- Erik Mickels appointed CFO; succeeds interim CFO Stephen M. Park who steps down on Aug 15, 2023.
- Annual base salary of $500,000; initial equity grant of 500,000 RSUs (50% vest upon relocation to Baltimore by Dec 31, 2023, remainder on Mar 15, 2025 and Mar 15, 2026).
- Eligible for additional 100,000 RSU grant if stock price reaches $6 for 20 consecutive trading days within four years.
- For 2023, cash incentive bonus no less than $500,000; for 2024, no less than $600,000 if net income > $90M, otherwise $500,000.
- Relocation bonus of $300,000 subject to pro rata repayment if employment ends within 12 months of payment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-024473
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023024473/0001628280-23-024473-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023024473/mktw-20230706.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-024473.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erik Mickels was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at MARKETWISE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: MarketWise, Inc. (the “Company” or “MarketWise”) has appointed Erik Mickels as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 15, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828023024473/0001628280-23-024473-index.htm

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