CTO Parag Agrawal Assumes New Leadership Role at Twitter
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey “has decided to step down” as head of the social media company, according to a Monday (Nov. 29) company-issued press release. In his place, Twitter’s board of directors has...
View ArticleLyft Lifts Amazon Exec to Serve as CFO
Lyft has recruited an Amazon executive to serve as its new chief financial officer, a leadership change that comes soon after the ride-hailing company hit a key stop on the road to profitability. As...
View ArticleGlobal FinTech TreviPay Grows C-Suite With Chief Revenue, Chief Risk Officers
Global FinTech TreviPay is building out its executive team with the creation of two new positions — chief revenue officer and chief risk officer — that will support the company’s growth. In a Monday...
View ArticleGoHealth Insurance Marketplace Names New CFO
Health insurance marketplace GoHealth has welcomed Vance Johnston as its new chief financial officer (CFO), the company announced Monday (Dec. 6). “I am excited about joining GoHealth and the prospects...
View ArticleSamsung Merges Mobile, Consumer Units Under Co-CEOs
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday (Dec. 7) announced that it will combine its mobile and consumer electronics divisions under a pair of new co-chief executive officers, who will replace the...
View ArticleZip Names Ex-Deliveroo Exec as Chief Growth Officer
The buy now, pay later (BNPL) later firm Zip has recruited former Deliveroo AU executive Levi Aron as its chief growth officer for the U.S. “With over 20 years of experience in senior and executive...
View ArticleInstagram CEO Still Wants to Maintain Social Media Site for Younger Children
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri doesn’t want to officially commit to ending his plans for a version of the social media platform for children under 13 years old, CNBC reported Wednesday (Dec. 8). Speaking...
View ArticleTrustly’s Chairman Johan Tjärnberg Named CEO
Swedish FinTech startup Trustly is changing up its top level positions, with CEO Oscar Berglund stepping down to take on the new post of chief business development officer and board chairman Johan...
View ArticleFerrari Leadership Reorg to Focus on Innovation, Digital, New Tech
Ferrari is debuting a new corporate structure in January to bolster its operations, the company announced Monday (Dec. 20). New CEO Benedetto Vigna has already begun making changes, with a new...
View ArticleFinTech OppFi Names Ex-Kiva Chief Neville Crawley as New CEO
OppFi, a FinTech that powers banks to broaden credit access, announced Monday (Dec. 20) that effective Dec. 31, company president Neville Crawley will succeed Jared Kaplan as CEO. Kaplan will continue...
View ArticleAnother Facebook Executive Plans to Exit
Just weeks after Facebook’s head of Novi David Marcus left the company, Tomer Barel, the co-creator of the social media tech giant’s cryptocurrency initiative, is planning his exit in February. Like...
View ArticleNMI Picks Ravi Mallela as EVP and CFO
Payments enablement firm NMI Holdings, Inc. on Tuesday (Dec. 21) announced that Ravi Mallela will take over as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer on Jan. 10, 2022,...
View ArticleJPMorgan Taps Bori Cox as New Community Banking CFO
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co will have a new chief financial officer of its consumers and community banking unit in Bori Cox, according to a Reuters report Tuesday (Dec. 21). For the last two years, Cox...
View ArticleMeta’s Communications Chief Leaves Company
John Pinette, head of communications at Facebook’s parent company Meta, will be quitting the company, Reuters reported Friday (Jan. 7). “John Pinette has left Meta,” a Meta spokesperson told Reuters in...
View ArticleSaaS Firm MX Names Interim CEO as Founder Transitions to Executive Chair
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm MX tapped Shane Evans to take on the role of interim CEO and member of the board of directors as founder Ryan Caldwell transitions from CEO to executive chair. The...
View ArticleJCPenney Names Execs to Lead eCommerce, Tech Units
JCPenney announced Monday (Jan. 11) that it has named two new executive appointments, with Sharmeelee Bala now the new chief information officer and Katie Mullen being named chief digital and...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $75B, CEO Expected to Step Down
Microsoft has agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard for $75 billion in an all-cash deal, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Jan. 18). Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is expected to step down...
View ArticleWalmart’s Lead US eCommerce Exec Steps Down
Walmart’s top eCommerce in the U.S. executive is leaving the company, part of a series of recent leadership changes at the retail giant. As The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Jan. 20), Casey...
View ArticleShares of Korea’s Kakao Jump After Three Execs Quit
Shares of the Korean FinTech giant KakaoPay saw their biggest rise in two months after the company’s top three executives resigned at the same time Thursday (Jan. 20). As Bloomberg News reports, the...
View ArticleSplitit Names Fiserv Exec Nandan Sheth as CEO
Splitit Payments, which works in buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments, has appointed Nandan Sheth as its new CEO, effective Feb. 28, 2022, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Sheth has...
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