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How Andy Jassy Is Reshaping Amazon’s Power Structure

By Mark Di Stefano · Apr 1, 2022 6:00am PDT · 1 comment

In the nine months since Andy Jassy took over the top job at Amazon, the former Amazon web services chief has made attention-grabbing moves like shuttering the company’s physical bookstores and increasing pay to keep up in the red-hot market for tech talent. Behind the scenes, Jassy has also been filling the top ranks with familiar faces... In the nine months since Andy Jassy took over the top job at Amazon, the former Amazon web...

Meta Platforms Org Chart: The Leaders Driving a Make-or-Break Reinvention

By Sylvia Varnham O'Regan · Feb 8, 2022 6:00am PST

As Facebook owner Meta Platforms charts an uncertain new direction into what CEO Mark Zuckerberg refers to as the metaverse, teams across the business have been undergoing shakeups amid a string of executive departures. More than 40 changes are reflected in our updated org chart of around 160 senior executives and managers at Meta, including... As Facebook owner Meta Platforms charts an uncertain new direction into what CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

The People With Power at Stripe After COO Steps Back

By Kate Clark · Jan 31, 2022 6:00am PST · 1 comment

A public listing of online payments giant Stripe, which could occur as soon as this year, will be a major event on Wall Street. Stripe was valued at $95 billion in a March fundraising but is worth $225 billion or higher based on offers in the secondary market for private shares. That puts the spotlight on the core group of Stripe executives who... A public listing of online payments giant Stripe, which could occur as soon as this year, will be...

The People With Power at Shopify

By Mark Di Stefano and Malique Morris · May 20, 2021 6:00am PDT · 8 comments

The People With Power at Shopify

By Mark Di Stefano and Malique Morris · May 20, 2021 6:00am PDT · 8 comments

Tobias Lütke has transformed Shopify into an e-commerce giant with a $145 billion market value, thanks to the popularity of its tools, which power online shopping functions for a huge range of sellers, from the shoe company Allbirds to ketchup maker Heinz. Inside Shopify, though, his intense and demanding leadership style has earned... Tobias Lütke has transformed Shopify into an e-commerce giant with a $145 billion market...

At Booming Google, Search Chief Gives More Love to Product Managers

By Sarah Krouse and Kevin McLaughlin · May 3, 2021 6:01am PDT · 1 comment

Even as Google’s business booms and hiring accelerates, senior leaders have made changes to the unit housing its biggest moneymakers—web search and advertising. For instance, the sales team for Google Maps is being moved from Prabhakar Raghavan’s 20,000-person search, maps and ads product group to Google Cloud, the unit... Even as Google’s business booms and hiring accelerates, senior leaders have made changes to...

The People With Power at Facebook as Its Hardware, Commerce Ambitions Expand

By Alex Heath · Mar 11, 2021 6:01am PST

Facebook in recent years has laid out an aggressive strategy of building its own consumer hardware to lessen its dependence on Apple and Google, makers of the two dominant mobile operating systems. The seriousness of its ambitions is reflected in its headcount: Nearly 10,000 people are working in its group developing augmented and virtual... Facebook in recent years has laid out an aggressive strategy of building its own consumer...

The People With Power at Amazon

By Mark Di Stefano · Mar 3, 2021 6:01am PST · 3 comments

Never in Amazon’s 27-year history has the internet giant seen such dramatic upheaval in its leadership. In recent days, two executives with the first name Jeff—Wilke, its longtime worldwide consumer chief, and Blackburn, a senior vice president—have left the company, while Amazon’s third and most famous Jeff—CEO and... Never in Amazon’s 27-year history has the internet giant seen such dramatic upheaval in its...

The Europeans Deciding Tech’s Future

By Mark Di Stefano · Feb 8, 2021 9:02am PST · 3 comments

The Europeans Deciding Tech’s Future

By Mark Di Stefano · Feb 8, 2021 9:02am PST · 3 comments

The European Commission, after spending years penalizing giant tech firms with fines, has decided to step up the fight against what authorities see as abuses of power. How the battle with Facebook, Amazon and other tech titans plays out depends in part on a major policy difference brewing between the continent’s top two regulators on the... The European Commission, after spending years penalizing giant tech firms with fines, has decided...

The People With Power at Robinhood

By Kate Clark · Jan 22, 2021 6:01am PST · 5 comments

Last year, as Robinhood’s trading activity boomed and legal problems mounted, the $11.7 billion startup shook up the ranks of its senior staff. The turnover means many top employees will be relative newcomers at the time of its anticipated public listing this year. The Menlo Park, Calif., company saw the departures of its head of... Last year, as Robinhood’s trading activity boomed and legal problems mounted, the $11.7...

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The People With Power at Alphabet’s Other Bets

By Amir Efrati and Nick Bastone · Dec 29, 2020 6:01am PST · 9 comments

The sudden retirement last year of Alphabet’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, raised the prospect that newly promoted Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai would curtail business efforts external to the Google cash cow. He’s shown no sign of taking that direction so far, and budgets for many of the “Other Bets,”... The sudden retirement last year of Alphabet’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey...

The People With Power at Opendoor

By Cory Weinberg · Dec 4, 2020 6:00am PST

Six-year-old Opendoor ushered in a new era in residential real estate when it launched a website that allowed people to sell their homes online. While Opendoor still accounts for only a tiny portion of U.S. home sales, its business has grown rapidly and spawned numerous imitators, all betting that consumers will be willing to pay a premium to... Six-year-old Opendoor ushered in a new era in residential real estate when it launched a website...

The People With Power at Stripe as It Gets Closer to an IPO

By Kate Clark · Oct 16, 2020 6:01am PDT

The People With Power at Stripe as It Gets Closer to an IPO

By Kate Clark · Oct 16, 2020 6:01am PDT

Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has said the e-commerce payments company he and his brother co-founded 10 years ago needs to finish “core pillars of the product” before it goes public. In the meantime, the Collisons have been hiring senior Amazon and General Motors executives with the critical experience to do just that. The... Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has said the e-commerce payments company he and his brother...

The People With Power at TikTok Owner Bytedance

By Yunan Zhang and Juro Osawa · Sep 14, 2020 1:15pm PDT

ByteDance, owner of the powerhouse social media app TikTok that is caught up in the U.S.-China trade and cybersecurity war, has been busy restructuring itself as it looks to duplicate TikTok’s success internationally with some of its newer apps, according to new data viewed by The Information.Assuming ByteDance, whose leadership is based... ByteDance, owner of the powerhouse social media app TikTok that is caught up in the U.S.-China...

The People With Power at Airbnb After Shakeup

By Cory Weinberg · Jul 20, 2020 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

In 2017, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky restructured the fast-growing travel company to more closely resemble Amazon, a company whose handling of diverse business lines he had long admired. Reflecting Airbnb’s expansion into new areas, he created four separate product divisions and brought in a top Amazon executive to lead home rentals, the... In 2017, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky restructured the fast-growing travel company to more closely...

The People With the Power at Facebook After Chris Cox’s Return

By Alex Heath · Jul 8, 2020 7:01am PDT

In Facebook’s upper ranks, what’s old is new again.That’s because Chris Cox, one of Facebook’s most senior executives, recently returned as chief product officer, reporting to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after a yearlong hiatus. As before, his domain includes the social network’s four main apps, as we show in our updated... In Facebook’s upper ranks, what’s old is new again.That’s because Chris Cox,...

Google Reorg Gives Top Exec Portfolio to Jump-Start Shopping

By Nick Bastone · Jun 18, 2020 12:28pm PDT · 2 comments

Google Reorg Gives Top Exec Portfolio to Jump-Start Shopping

By Nick Bastone · Jun 18, 2020 12:28pm PDT · 2 comments

Until a few weeks ago, when Google staffers wanted to test new shopping features for Google’s search home page, the need to get approval from Google’s search team sometimes held things up, former employees say. But a management shake-up earlier this month, giving a key executive responsibility for search and e-commerce, could smooth... Until a few weeks ago, when Google staffers wanted to test new shopping features for...

Managing Google During the Coronavirus Crisis

By Nick Bastone and Amir Efrati · Apr 10, 2020 7:01am PDT

Google, which began humbly in a garage in Palo Alto, California, has unexpectedly gone back to its domestic roots. Like other tech companies, Google last month sent nearly all of its employees—around 114,000 of them in total—to work from home with the aim of curbing the spread of the coronavirus. It is one of many ways the... Google, which began humbly in a garage in Palo Alto, California, has unexpectedly gone back to...

Uber’s Leadership Is Stretched Thin as Departures Mount

By Amir Efrati · Mar 10, 2020 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

Uber is acting more like a startup these days. For the past two and a half months, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been doing two jobs at once—overseeing the ride-hailing company while also serving as chief product officer. One of his deputies, strategic finance chief Dennis Cinelli, for months also has been running Uber’s electric bike... Uber is acting more like a startup these days. For the past two and a half months, CEO Dara...

Inside Waymo’s Hiring Binge

By Amir Efrati · Feb 25, 2020 7:00am PST · 2 comments

Alphabet’s Waymo still hasn’t perfected a self-driving car. So it is throwing more money at the problem. Waymo nearly doubled its headcount to 1,500 employees, known as “Waymonauts,” from 800 about a year ago, said a person with knowledge of the figure. Much of the expansion came from the hiring of hundreds of engineers... Alphabet’s Waymo still hasn’t perfected a self-driving car. So it is throwing more...

The People With Power on Google’s Policy Team

By Ashley Gold · Feb 19, 2020 7:02am PST · 2 comments

The People With Power on Google’s Policy Team

By Ashley Gold · Feb 19, 2020 7:02am PST · 2 comments

Shortly after Google’s public policy chief, Karan Bhatia, joined the company in 2018, he launched a major overhaul of his sprawling department, with the goal of grouping staffers around policy issues and along business lines, rather than by geographic location. The restructured team likely now has its hands full: Since last year, the... Shortly after Google’s public policy chief, Karan Bhatia, joined the company in 2018, he...