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| Dec.21 |
Google |
Schmidt resigning as executive chairman of Google parent Alphabet |
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| Aug.22 |
Chevron |
Chevron CEO John Watson will step down Watson, who has led Chevron Corp. since 2010, is planning to step down as the oil company seeks a new chief executive officer
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| Jul.4 |
San Francisco |
500 Startups founder resigns after apologizing for being ‘a creep’ Dave McClure, the founder of a prominent global startup accelerator and venture capital firm resigned Monday after admitting 'I’m a creep'
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| Jun.26 |
Oakland |
Tim Westergren plans to step down as Pandora CEO
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| Jun.21 |
Uber |
Ex-CEO and founder Travis Kalanick resigned| Kalanick resigned under pressure from board and investors. Series of missteps, from stealing technology, led to the resignation | |
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| Jun.13 |
Uber |
CEO Kalanick takes leave as harsh workplace report lands
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| Jun.12 |
Uber |
Uber’s top business officer leaves company after investigation |
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| Jun.11 |
Uber |
NY Times sources say Uber discussing leave for CEO
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| May.9 |
San Francisco |
Lending Club ousts CEO, stock plunges 35 percent
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
Cypress Semiconductor founder T.J. Rodgers steps down as CEO |
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| Jul.2 |
Intel |
Intel President Renee James ends 28-year career with chip giant |
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| Jun.1 |
Sunnyvale |
NetApp CEO departs |
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| Apr.8 |
San Francisco |
Zynga CEO Don Mattrick leaves, founder Mark Pincus returns Less than two years after luring Don Mattrick to replace founder Mark Pincus as CEO, Zynga reverses the move in what an analyst calls 'a clear firing'
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| Mar.27 |
East Bay |
AC Transit chief resigns |
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| Nov.10 |
Sunnyvale |
Juniper Networks CEO leaves |
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| Nov.4 |
Palo Alto |
Jive Software CEO Tony Zingale steps down |
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| Oct.8 |
Gap |
Gap, Advanced Micro Devices announce CEO changes Gap CEO Glenn Murphy saying he will step down early next year and Advanced Micro Devices leader Rory Read stepping aside immediately
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| Sep.18 |
Oracle |
Larry Ellison is stepping down as Oracle CEO 
Ellison, 70, is a college dropout who founded Oracle in 1977 and has grown it to a market value of $182 billion
| He will remain its executive chairman and chief technology officer. Ellison's deputies, Mark Hurd, 57, and Safra Catz, 52, will both become CEO
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| Jul.15 |
HP |
Hewlett-Packard interim chairman Ralph Whitworth resigns |
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| May.30 |
Santa Clara |
Infoblox CEO steps down, stock plummets |
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| Apr.3 |
Mountain View |
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigns Eich has stepped down after 11 days as chief executive, following criticism over a donation to the Prop 8 campaign, which opposed gay marria...
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| Jan.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo's chief operating officer in surprise departure |
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| Aug.29 |
Google |
Google exec poached by China rival |
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| Jul.23 |
San Jose |
Polycom, Juniper announce CEO departures |
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| Jul.1 |
San Francisco |
Zynga CEO steps down, Microsoft exec to take post Zynga says its CEO, Mark Pincus, is stepping down to be replaced by Don Mattrick, the head of Microsoft's Xbox business
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| Jun.19 |
Fremont |
Men's Wearhouse ousts founder George Zimmer
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| Apr.4 |
HP |
HP's chairman steps down, 2 directors to depart |
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| Mar.18 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts CEO steps down
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| Nov.19 |
Intel |
Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May Otellini will retire in May after 8 years at the helm, leaving his successor the challenge of adapting to a shift in demand toward mobile de...
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| Nov.13 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland director retires
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| Oct.4 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire |
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post The chief executive of computer firm Yahoo has stepped down, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV
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| Feb.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo chairman Bostock, 3 others exit board
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| Jan.17 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo founder Jerry Yang resigns Yang founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo and was its chief executive from June 2007 until January 2009. He resigned from its ...
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| Oct.12 |
Fremont |
Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison steps down |
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| Sep.6 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo fires CEO Bartz| Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company after two-and-a-half years in the top job. Bartz was removed by the board of directors, effective immediately. Tim Morse, chief financial officer, will take ... | |
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| Aug.24 |
Apple |
Steve Jobs quits as Apple chief | Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant and will be replaced by its chief operating officer Tim Cook. The Silicon Valley legend, who underwent a liver transplant following cancer, said he could no longer meet his chief executive's duties. The 55-year-old become chairman ... | |
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| Jun.28 |
Twitter |
Co-founder Biz Stone leaving Twitter
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| Jun.15 |
San Francisco |
Muni chief Nat Ford will leave this month |
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| Apr.21 |
PG&E |
PG&E CEO resigns in wake of blast Chairman, chief executive and President Peter Darbee is stepping down following a 'challenging year' that included a natural gas pipeline explosion
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| Apr.14 |
BART |
BART's Dugger quits with $1M severance
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| Apr.7 |
PG&E |
2 top PG&E execs to resign
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| Jan.20 |
HP |
4 HP directors step down |
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| Jan.10 |
AMD |
CEO resigns as company seeks growth
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| Nov.10 |
PG&E |
Exec snooped SmartMeter critics resigned
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| Oct.29 |
YouTube |
YouTube co-founder Hurley leaves
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| Oct.4 |
Twitter |
Twitter co-founder steps down as CEO
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| Aug.8 |
HP |
Woman 'Saddened' By CEO's Ouster |
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| Aug.6 |
HP |
CEO resigns amid harassment claims| Hewlett-Packard ousted Mark Hurd for falsifying expense reports and other documents to conceal a secret relationship with a former contractor. Jodie Fisher, 50, an actress and businesswoman, knew Hurd through her contract jobs with HP. HP paid her up to $5,000 per event to greet people and make int... | |
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| Feb.16 |
Yahoo |
Director Ron Burkle to end 9-year stint |
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| Feb.4 |
Sun |
Sun CEO: Twitter quitter
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| Jan.26 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO Lester to retire
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|
| Sep.30 |
Chevron |
Chevron Names New CEO; O'Reilly Retires Chevron Corp. board has promoted vice chairman John S. Watson, 52, to chairman and chief executive
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| Sep.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Chairman Kovacevich to step down
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over The chief executive Safka is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post
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| Mar.31 |
Facebook |
Facebook CFO Gideon Yu leaving company |
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| Feb.26 |
Yahoo |
CFO leaving in shakeup
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|
| Jul.17 |
AMD |
CEO Changed as Results Fall Short
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| Apr.11 |
AMD |
Chief Technology Officer Resigns |
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| Apr.10 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image chairman resigns |
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| Mar.15 |
San Francisco |
Second Life creator steps down |
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| Mar.5 |
Golden Gate Park |
Nonprofit fires CFO over missing $3.6m |
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| Feb.19 |
Gap |
Old Navy's top exec steps down |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman |
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
Whitman resigns as CEO Meg Whitman, CEO for nearly 10 years, plans to resign March 31, capping a tenure marked by the online flea market's rise coupled with recent troubles
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
Levi's Chairman To Retire |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm |
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down
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| Jun.24 |
Yahoo |
Chief Domestic Sales Officer Resigns |
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits
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| Dec.11 |
HP |
CFO Bob Wayman to retire |
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee fires president; CEO retires
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| |
San Francisco |
CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe |
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| Sep.28 |
HP |
General counsel resigns from company |
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| Sep.26 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image CEO Steps Down |
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| Sep.22 |
HP |
CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
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| Sep.12 |
HP |
Dunn to Step Down
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| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO to leave post |
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| Jul.7 |
eBay |
Top management shakeup |
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| Jul.6 |
San Francisco |
Levi's CEO to step down by end of year |
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| Apr.24 |
Sun |
McNealy steps down as CEO Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president
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| Jan.18 |
San Rafael |
Bartz stepping down as Autodesk CEO |
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| Jan.15 |
South SF |
CEO at See's retires after 55-year career |
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| Nov.29 |
San Jose |
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine
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| Nov.4 |
Oracle |
CFO Maffei leaving |
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| May.18 |
Intel |
Otellini succeeding Barrett as CEO |
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| Apr.13 |
Siebel |
Shaheen replaced Lawrie as CEO |
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| Mar.18 |
Oracle |
CFO quits; SAP raises bid for Retek |
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| Feb.9 |
HP |
CEO Fiorina out Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m
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| Jan.19 |
Palo Alto |
Agilent Technologies CEO to step down |
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| Dec.28 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover |
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| Nov.11 |
Intel |
Otellini to succeed Barrett as CEO The 30-year Intel veteran oversaw the launch of the Pentium processor in the 1990s. He was president and CFO fom 2002
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| Nov.8 |
Schwab |
Ousted CEO gets $10 million contract |
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| Oct.22 |
Napa |
Mondavis get $1m severance packages |
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| Oct.15 |
Emeryville |
Board member quits embattled Chiron |
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million
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| May.3 |
Siebel |
Tom Siebel steps down as CEO
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| Dec.9 |
Gap |
Founder to step down as chairman |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
Salon Media CEO leaves the company |
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| Aug.21 |
San Jose |
JDS Uniphase CEO retires |
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| Jan.24 |
Menlo Park |
Highly Paid E*Trade CEO Resigns |
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| Oct.31 |
Oakland |
Clorox's CEO would retire |
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| Oct.3 |
Gap |
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
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| Sep.27 |
Milpitas |
Solectron CEO will retire next year |
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| Sep.20 |
Apple |
Larry Ellison resigns from Apple board |
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
NextCard under investigation, CEO resigns |
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| Aug.8 |
Santa Clara |
SONICblue fires chief executive |
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| May.21 |
Gap |
CEO announces retirement plans |
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| May.14 |
Napster |
Founder and CEO both step down |
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| May.13 |
San Francisco |
Critical Path chairman resigns |
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| May.1 |
Sun |
Sun president stepping down |
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| Apr.26 |
HP |
Walter Hewlett Thrown Off Board |
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| Apr.25 |
AMD |
Flamboyant CEO steps down |
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| Nov.8 |
Palm |
CEO Yankowski resigns |
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| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
Chairman resigns at Providian |
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| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
BEA CEO steps down |
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| May.24 |
Intel |
G. Moore steps down from board |
|
| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! CEO to step down |
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| Jul.3 |
Oracle |
President resign |
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