---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999371-26-021687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEVI"
cik: "0000094845"
company_name: "LEVI STRAUSS & CO"
filed_at: "2026-09-30T21:12:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:10:15.977456+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Levi Strauss names Skechers CFO John Vandemore as EVP & CFO, effective Nov 1, 2026

## Summary
- Vandemore, 53, spent nine years as Skechers CFO; during that time Skechers nearly tripled revenue to over $9B and became the world's third-largest footwear brand with 5,000+ stores in 180+ countries.
- Pay package: $1,350,000 base salary, target bonus of 110% of salary, and 2027 equity target of $4,250,000 (RSUs $1,062,500, performance RSUs $2,125,000, SARs $1,062,500).
- Sign-on award replacing forfeited prior-employer awards: $4,000,000 cash (50% at start, 50% at six months), $5,500,000 RSU grant and $5,500,000 SAR grant vesting 50%/25%/25%.
- Outgoing CFO Harmit Singh announced retirement in April 2026; he stays as CFGO until Vandemore joins, then serves as Special Advisor through November 30, 2026.
- CEO Michelle Gass cited Vandemore's consumer and operational experience in pursuing a more direct-to-consumer model and the ambition of becoming a $10 billion company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999371-26-021687
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEVI
- cik: 0000094845
- company_name: LEVI STRAUSS & CO
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T21:12:39+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000199937126021687/0001999371-26-021687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94845/000199937126021687/levi-8k_093026.htm

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