---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834584-22-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPNG"
cik: "0001834584"
company_name: "Coupang, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T07:03:17.029855+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coupang appoints Jonathan Lee as Chief Accounting Officer; Parker moves to IR

## Summary
- Jonathan Lee appointed CAO effective Sept 26, 2022; succeeds Michael Parker who becomes VP, Investor Relations.
- Lee's base salary set at $350,000; eligible for annual incentive and long-term compensation per company policy.
- Lee receives RSUs with grant date fair value of $1,836,000 vesting over four years, plus long-term cash incentive of $1,262,800 vesting over two years.
- Lee previously served as Chief Accounting Officer at TriNet Group from April 2021; over 20 years experience in insurance/financial services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834584-22-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPNG
- cik: 0001834584
- company_name: Coupang, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-28T23:59:59+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/1834584/000183458422000062/0001834584-22-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834584/000183458422000062/cpng-20220923.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834584-22-000062
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834584-22-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Parker changed role as Vice President, Investor Relations at Coupang, Inc..
  - Role: Vice President, Investor Relations
  source text: Mr. Lee succeeds Michael Parker, who is now the Company’s Vice President, Investor Relations.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834584/000183458422000062/0001834584-22-000062-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Lee was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Coupang, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 23, 2022, the Board of Directors of Coupang, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Jonathan Lee to serve as Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer, effective September 26, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834584/000183458422000062/0001834584-22-000062-index.htm

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