Early Google exec Urs Holzle to step down from executive management role amid cloud shakeup
Publishing timestamp: 2023-07-12 10:02:29
Summary
Urs Holzle, employee No. 8 at Google, will step back from management after 24 years and focus on technical assignments and advising. Chris Vonderhaar will lead Cloud Supply Chain and Operations, and Ben Treynor Sloss will report directly to the Cloud CEO. The move comes amid a shakeup in Google's cloud organization, and the company is facing pressure to continue growing its cloud revenue and competition from Amazon and Microsoft. This change also follows a reorganization in Google's artificial intelligence and research teams.
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