---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640147-25-000181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNOW"
cik: "0001640147"
company_name: "Snowflake Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T08:33:17.083917+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Snowflake appoints Brian Robins as CFO, replacing retiring Mike Scarpelli; start Sept 22

## Summary
- Robins appointed Snowflake CFO effective Sept 22, 2025; base salary $500K, target bonus 100%, $28M new hire RSU + $2.5M additional RSU.
- Scarpelli retiring as CFO effective Sept 22; will remain employee for transition then 12-month advisory role with continued equity vesting.
- Robins served as GitLab CFO since Oct 2020; earlier CFO of Sisense, Cylance, AlienVault, and Verisign.
- Robins eligible for ~$5M in AMR equity awards for FY2027, subject to board/committee approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640147-25-000181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNOW
- cik: 0001640147
- company_name: Snowflake Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014725000181/0001640147-25-000181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1640147/000164014725000181/snow-20250903.htm

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