Burroughs elected CAO and Deputy CFO effective September 3, 2026
Monster Beverage Corp. has appointed Matthew S. Burroughs as Chief Accounting Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer, with the role taking effect on September 3, 2026. The disclosure was made in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC and covered under Item 5.02, the line item used to report departures, elections, or appointments of directors and certain officers. The company's board voted to elect Burroughs to the combined role, and the company stated there is no arrangement or understanding with any other person regarding his selection.
Two-decade tenure inside Monster's finance organization
Burroughs has worked at Monster Beverage since October 2006, accumulating what the filing described as progressively senior corporate finance and controller roles. The 8-K listed his prior responsibilities as including Global Accounting, SEC Reporting, Global Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations, an unusually broad remit that the company highlighted in describing him as a long-time finance executive. At the time of his appointment, Burroughs was 57 years old, according to the filing summary.
No related-party ties disclosed
In the standard governance disclosures that accompany an Item 5.02 appointment, Monster Beverage reported that there are no related party transactions reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving Burroughs, and no family relationships with any director or executive officer of the company. The filing made no other positive or negative characterizations of the change, and the filing sentiment was classified as neutral. The company did not name an interim or replacement for any finance role Burroughs previously held, and the 8-K did not address succession for the Chief Financial Officer position.
Filings provide the primary record of the change
The appointment was captured in two independent post-close reports filed the same day: Benzinga's newsdesk summary of the announcement and Stock Titan's recap of the 8-K, both timestamped shortly after 4:00 p.m. Eastern on September 4, 2026. The SEC filing itself remains the authoritative record of the board's action and its effective date, and Monster Beverage has not, in the available record, issued a separate press release detailing strategic rationale or compensation terms for the new role.
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