---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-055015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOL"
cik: "0001562088"
company_name: "Duolingo, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-10T13:02:01+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T13:03:09.683612+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duolingo appoints Sallie Krawcheck, ex-Citigroup CFO, to board

## Summary
- Appointed Sallie Krawcheck as independent Class I director effective Aug 10, 2026; board expands from 9 to 10 seats.
- Krawcheck joins Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee; term runs through 2028 annual meeting.
- Compensation: $45k annual cash retainer, $10k audit retainer, $450k initial RSU, $180k prorated RSU, $215k annual RSU.
- Krawcheck founded Ellevest ($2.4B AUM), served as Citigroup CFO and CEO of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-055015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOL
- cik: 0001562088
- company_name: Duolingo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T13:02:01+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026055015/0001628280-26-055015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026055015/duol-20260810.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-055015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-055015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-055015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sallie Krawcheck was appointed as Class I Director at Duolingo, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On August 10, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Duolingo, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and appointed Sallie Krawcheck to serve as a Class I director on the Company’s Board and as a member of its Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee ("Audit Committee"), in each case, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026055015/0001628280-26-055015-index.htm

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