Categories Technology, U.S. Markets News
Former Oracle product chief Thomas Kurian replaces Diane Greene as Google Cloud CEO
Google Cloud’s CEO Diane Greene announced in a blog post that she will be stepping down from her role and former Oracle (ORCL) executive Thomas Kurian will be succeeding her. Thomas will be joining the company on November 26. Greene will continue as CEO till January 2019 to ensure the smooth transition. She will remain as a Director of the Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) board.
After joining Google’s Board in 2012, Diane joined Google full time in December 2015 as CEO of Google Cloud. Prior to Google, Diane co-founded and ran three successful technology companies: VMware. VXtreme and bebop, an enterprise SaaS startup acquired by Google.
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said, “In a few short years, under Diane’s leadership, Cloud has become an incredible business built on Google’s decades of investment in infrastructure, data security, and AI.”
Google also witnessed another key executive’s resignation this week. According to Synced, Google Cloud AI’s Jia Li, who joined in 2016, resigned as head of research and development on Wednesday. During her three years with Google, Jia Li advanced the implementation of AI-enabled products on the Google Cloud Platform.
Thomas Kurian, who has got 22 years of experience at Oracle, most recently served as President of Product Development in Oracle and resigned in September 2018. Before resigning from Redwood City, California-based company, Kurian was taking an extended time off. Reports stated that he had a difference of opinion with founder Larry Ellison over Oracle’s cloud business.
Follow our Google News edition to get the latest stock market, earnings and financial news at your fingertips
Most Popular
USB Earnings: US Bancorp Q1 profit jumps on higher interest income
U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) Wednesday reported a double-digit growth in first-quarter earnings, reflecting an increase in net interest income. Total net revenue increased 3.6% from last year to $7.0 billion
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Q1 2025 Earnings: Key financials and quarterly highlights
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) reported its first quarter 2025 earnings results today. Total sales increased 4% year-over-year to $10.35 billion. Organic sales growth was 6.9%. Net earnings grew 8.2% to
UAL Earnings: Highlights of United Airlines’ Q1 2025 financial results
Aviation giant United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) on Tuesday announced financial results for the first quarter of 2025. Net income, on an adjusted basis, was $0.91 per share in
