Jeffrey McGonegal returns to Chief Financial Officer
Company: Riot
What the later record shows
Not a promise: a reported event · happened February 8, 2021
The claim, made in April 2021, reports a role change that took effect February 8, 2021, and the 10-K/A confirms it.
“On February 8, 2021, following the appointment of Mr. Les as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. McGonegal agreed to remain in his longtime role as Riot’s Chief Financial Officer.”
2022-11-22 · Riot 10-K/A filed 2022-11-23 View cached copy (2026-09-13)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Jeffrey McGonegal returned to his position as Chief Financial Officer effective February 8, 2021
Source (primary)
Riot 10-K/A filed 2021-04-30 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “On February 8, 2021, the Company announced that Mr. McGonegal, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer in early 2019, would return to focus on his long-standing position as the Company's Chief Financial Officer.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing states that, effective February 8, 2021, McGonegal was appointed CFO and stepped down as CEO to focus on his long-standing CFO role. It also notes he had held both CEO and CFO roles during 2020.
Confirmed in the source:
- Jeffrey McGonegal stepped down as CEO to focus on his long-standing position as Chief Financial Officer
- His appointment as CFO under his amended employment agreement was effective February 8, 2021
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997321000326/riot_10kaixb-123120.htm) in full (67,000 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Riot 10-K/A filed 2021-04-30
Quote: “On February 8, 2021, the Company announced that Mr. McGonegal, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer in early 2019, would return to focus on his long-standing position as the Company's Chief Financial Officer.”