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Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google promoted the head of its international cloud businesses, Adaire Fox-Martin, to take on a top sales role as part of an operating model rejig, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The head of Google Cloud unit in the Americas, Kirsten Kliphouse, has left the company, the spokesperson said. Fox-Martin’s appointment aims at “unifying global go-to-market organization,” the company said and the role will focus on all global sales as well as service and… Source link

Jan 12 (Reuters) – The head of Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud unit in the Americas, Kirsten Kliphouse, has left the company, the Information reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the situation. Kliphouse is being replaced by Adaire Fox-Martin, who was previously the president of Google Cloud International and the head of Google’s Ireland office, according to the report. Alphabet did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The shakeup comes as growth in the cloud… Source link

(Bloomberg) — One of Apple Inc.’s most senior executives is leaving after he turned up in a viral video on TikTok making an off-color joke that he fondles “big-breasted women” for a living. Most Read from Bloomberg In the video, published on Sept. 5, Apple’s Tony Blevins was approached by TikTok and Instagram creator Daniel Mac as part of a series where he asks owners of expensive cars their occupations. The executive was stopped by Mac while parking a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, an… Source link

Allan Thygesen, attends the YouTube Brandcast 2022 at Imperial Theatre on May 17, 2022 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images DocuSign shares rose more than 3% in extended trading after the electronic signature software maker announced it has hired an Alphabet executive, Allan Thygesen, to be its next CEO. The announcement comes three month after DocuSign said its CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, was stepping down. Like other cloud software companies, DocuSign enjoyed a wave of… Source link

The news sent the company’s shares 9% higher in extended trading on Tuesday and underscored a shift in focus at Pinterest to e-commerce initiatives from its advertising-based business model. In Ready, 42, the company gets an executive who for the past two years ran commerce and payment operations at the Alphabet Inc-owned search giant. Ready has also held senior leadership roles at PayPal. His appointment brings to an end Silbermann’s 12-year tenure as CEO, which began when he co-founded the… Source link

Pinterest, Inc. by Chairman, Co-Founder, President and CEO Ben Silbermann reacts as they celebrate the IPO of Pinterest Inc. at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register June 28 (Reuters) – Pinterest Inc (PINS.N) said on Tuesday that long-time Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann would step down, handing over the reins of the social media platform to Google commerce executive… Source link

Last week, the CEO of real estate company Redfin, Glenn Kelman, announced the company was laying off 8% of its employees in an email, saying that demand for the company’s realtor services had fallen 17% below expectations in May. “We don’t have enough work for our agents and support staff, and fewer sales leaves us with less money for headquarters projects,” Kelman wrote in the email announcing the layoffs on June 14. The layoffs at Redfin and another real estate company, Compass, on… Source link

The economy is likely to blow hot and cold for the immediate future, Morgan Stanley’s copresident says, as the economy swings between fears of inflation and fears of contraction. Last week, Ted Pick, head of institutional securities at investment bank Morgan Stanley, joined bankers and investors from Jamie Dimon to Carl Icahn in warning that chances of a recession are steadily rising, marked by periods of a hot and cold economy. “There is a fire narrative, and that fire narrative is… Source link

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / June 3, 2022 / Yandex N.V., a Dutch public limited company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses,today announces that Arkady Volozh, the company’s co-founder, has stepped down with immediate effect from his positionёs as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Yandex N.V. and from his board and executive positions with its international subsidiaries. The European Union has imposed sanctions on Mr. Volozh personally…. Source link

Arkady Volozh resigns as Executive Director and CEO of Yandex N.V. and transfers his voting power to the Board   Moscow–Amsterdam, June 3, 2022— Yandex N.V., a Dutch public limited company and one of Europe’s largest internet businesses, today announces that Arkady Volozh, the company’s co-founder, has stepped down with immediate effect from his positionёs as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Yandex N.V. and from his board and executive positions with its… Source link