---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001788882-21-000085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROOT"
cik: "0001788882"
company_name: "Root, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:38:14.766341+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Chris Olsen resigns from Root board, effective November 18, 2021

## Summary
- Olsen had served on the board since 2016 and on the Nominating and Governance Committee.
- He is Co-Founder and Partner of Drive Capital, an early investor in Root.
- Resignation allows him to focus on other Drive Capital investments.
- No replacement named as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001788882-21-000085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROOT
- cik: 0001788882
- company_name: Root, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888221000085/0001788882-21-000085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888221000085/root-20211118.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-21-000085
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-21-000085.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788882-21-000085.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Olsen resigned as Director at Root, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 18, 2021, Chris Olsen informed Root, Inc. (the "Company") of his intention to resign from the Company's board of directors, and its Nominating and Governance Committee on which he had served as a member, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788882/000178888221000085/0001788882-21-000085-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.