secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AppLovin Corp (APP)
CIK:        0001751008
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001751008-26-000014
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AppLovin announces CTO and legal officer succession, new independent chairperson
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- Basil Shikin steps down as CTO effective July 1, 2026, becomes Distinguished Engineer; Giovanni Ge named successor.
- Victoria Valenzuela retires as Chief Administrative & Legal Officer effective Aug 1, 2026; Corina Cacovean named new Chief Legal Officer.
- Valenzuela to be nominated for election to the Board at 2026 Annual Meeting; will consult through May 2027 for $150,000.
- Craig Billings appointed independent Chairperson of the Board, succeeding CEO Adam Foroughi who remains on Board.
- Director Alyssa Harvey Dawson will not stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751008/000175100826000014/0001751008-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1751008/000175100826000014/app-20260402.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001751008-26-000014

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