The founders of Google (Larry Page) and (Sergey Brin) announced on Tuesday their resignations from the company they founded 21 years ago, in a surprise move, but not the first, as preceded by (Bill Gates), who resigned in 2014 from Microsoft He founded it in 1975.
Google CEO Sander Pichai will replace Larry Page as CEO of Alphabet, further reducing the role of Page and Sergey Brin in the company he founded in 1998.
“While we are very proud that we have been very involved in running the company on a daily basis for a very long time, we believe it is time for us to play the role of proud parents who provide advice and friendliness, but without taking the trouble,” Big and Brin wrote in a post on Tuesday. Daily. ”
Page, Bryn and Pichai share a vision that emphasizes the importance of developing AI programs to make web searches and other processes faster, while Pichai has stepped up efforts to make such technology available globally. But this vision is subject to unprecedented scrutiny, and governments around the world are demanding better guarantees and higher taxes.
Investors said management adjustments could help Alphabet better deal with challenges and focus on profit growth.
Alphabet has more than a dozen companies, including Waymo, a self-driving car technology company, and Verily, a healthcare software company, that emerged in 2015 as part of a plan to restructure Google.
Alpheb said Beeh and Bryn would remain directors of the company but would relinquish the post of chief executive and president. She added that the post of president will remain vacant and that the recent changes have been subject to lengthy discussions.
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