[Update] – Uber has officially confirmed the appointment of Dara Khosrowshahi as the new CEO.
Uber finally has a new CEO. The US based ride hailing service has picked Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, as its CEO. Khosrowshahi’s appointment comes after former CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick was asked to resign by five major investors in June. Continue reading “Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is Uber’s new CEO”
Twitter has revealed financial earnings for Q2 2017. The micro-blogging site recorded $574 million in revenue, down 5% YoY. Twitter’s monthly active user base remained unchanged at 328 million in Q2 2017. This means, Twitter reported 0% user growth this quarter.
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Just a week after taking an indefinite leave of absence, Uber founder Travis Kalanick has resigned as CEO. The latest development was first posted by the New York Times.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told his employees that he is taking a leave of absence from the company. The move comes from Kalanick following several controversies at Uber and also his mother’s death late last month. Continue reading “Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes indefinite leave of absence amid controversies”
Snapdeal has announced the appointment of Jason Kothari as the Chief Executive Officer of FreeCharge. The company is also investing $20 million in FreeCharge.
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Flipkart has appointed Kalyan Krishnamurthy as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will replace co-founder Binny Bansal who became CEO last year in January. Binny Bansal will now be the Group CEO while co-founder Sachin Bansal continues to be executive chairman. Continue reading “Kalyan Krishnamurthy replaces Binny Bansal as Flipkart CEO”
LG has announced that Jo Seong-jin, the head of its Home Appliance & Air Solution (H&A) Company has been promoted to the position of sole Chief Executive Office (CEO). He will be responsible all of LG Electronics’ business units including the H&A Company, Mobile Communications, Home Entertainment and Vehicle Components and oversight of over 120 operations around the world. Continue reading “LG elevates home appliances head Jo Seong-jin as CEO”
Micromax CEO Vineet Taneja has officially resigned from the company following a report in January earlier this year. Taneja had joined Micromax in June 2014 from Samsung India where he served as country Head for IT & Mobile businesses. Prior to Micromax and Samsung, he had previously served in Bharti Airtel, Nokia India (between January 2008 to April 2010) and Hindustan Lever.
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Vineet Taneja is all set to bid adieu as Micromax CEO, according to a latest report from the Economic Times. The report said that four promoters of the homegrown smartphone maker are gearing up to take control of the company.
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Foursquare has raised $45 million in a Series E round of funding from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and new investor Morgan Stanley. The popular location based app company is also getting a new CEO.
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Jack Dorsey, who was currently the interim chief, has been officially named as permanent CEO of Twitter. The move comes from the micro blogging site after long time CEO Dick Costolo decided to step down from his role starting July 1.
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Twitter’s long time CEO Dick Costolo has decided to step down from his role starting July 1. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s Co-founder will become the interim CEO.
Apple CEO Tim Cook received a hefty bonus of $9.2 million in the fiscal year 2014. As per the company filing, Cook took 1.75 million in salary and 6.7 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation.
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Just as several reports had predicted, Satya Nadella is officially the new Microsoft CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer as the tech giant’s third Chief Executive Officer. Having led several Microsoft divisions including the wealthy Enterprise and Cloud business, Satya Nadella becomes the insider CEO, after several reports of an outsider being considered as the next CEO. Bill Gates also announced that he will leaving the board Chairman position, leaving way for John Thompson to take over that post, which is seen as a move to appease investors of radically lesser influence from the Gates-Ballmer era. While we scour for more publicly available information, here’s an introductory video directly from Microsoft –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8JwNZBJ_wI
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The end to a long CEO search is getting near, as reports are piling up from the other side of the planet that Satya Nadella, a senior VP who heads the enterprise and cloud business at Microsoft, is all set to become the new third CEO, after his predecessors Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. It’s been a long while since Ballmer announced his retirement from the CEO position, with pressure from investors mounting as Microsoft fumbled its mobile and tablet strategy, the two fastest growing consumer electronics markets. However, under the same leadership, Microsoft became a company with a diversified portfolio, with hit consumer products like Xbox and the fast growing enterprise products like Office 365, a key initiative by Satya Nadella. This might be one of the biggest reasons why the Board members are narrowing down on Nadella to be the next CEO, he is the moneymaker in Microsoft’s wealthy still-growing division.
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