CEO Appointment
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
Appointed Fred Thiel as chief executive officer, succeeding Merrick Okamoto
Source (primary)
Marathon Digital 10-K filed 2022-03-10 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On April 26, 2021, the Company appointed Fred Thiel as its new chief executive officer. Mr. Thiel has succeeded Merrick Okamoto, who has served as the Company's chief executive officer since 2018”
How we checked this
Checked on September 22, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document confirms Thiel's appointment as CEO succeeding Okamoto.
Confirmed in the source:
- Marathon appointed Fred Thiel as chief executive officer
- Thiel succeeded Merrick Okamoto as CEO
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315222006446/form10-k.htm) in full (385,382 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Marathon Digital 10-K filed 2022-03-10
Quote: “On April 26, 2021, the Company appointed Fred Thiel as its new chief executive officer. Mr. Thiel has succeeded Merrick Okamoto, who has served as the Company's chief executive officer since 2018”