Show HN: Every CEO and CFO change at US public companies, live from SEC

A new tracker surfaced on Hacker News this week highlighting executive churn in real time. It has been reported that TrackSuccession (https://tracksuccession.com/explore) pulls live data from SEC filings and press releases to display every CEO and CFO change at U.S. public companies for the past 30 days. Short, sharp, and a little unsettling: you can watch corporate leadership shake-ups roll in like breaking news.

What it does

The explore page catalogues reported appointments, departures and interim moves, sourcing the primary documents regulators and companies file — the same paperwork journalists and investors comb through. Want to know who replaced whom, and when the paperwork hit the SEC? That’s the point. It’s simple, practical, and built for people who don’t want to wait for a press release to bubble up on their feeds.

Why it matters

Who cares? Analysts, investors, recruiters, employees and competitors — everyone who reads balance sheets also reads leadership. Executive changes can be a canary in the coal mine for strategy shifts, M&A activity, or governance trouble. It’s a dab of transparency in a world where timing can mean millions. And in an era obsessed with real-time data, this is the kind of granular signal that helps separate noise from something actionable.

Curious? Take a look. It has been reported that the tool is live and scraping filings now, so you can either watch the parade or jump in when the music stops.

Sources: tracksuccession.com, Hacker News