Bloomberg has appointed Samuel J. Palmisano, the former chairman and CEO of IBM, to serve as an independent adviser regarding the company’s privacy and data standards. Mr. Palmisano will undertake a review of the company’s current practices and policies for…
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Denise F. Warren, head of digital content and subscriptions at the New York Times, has been appointed to the Electronic Arts (EA) board of directors. Ms. Warren has also been appointed to EA’s Audit Committee. Ms. Warren is replacing Gregory Maffei, a director…
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Bill Gates is back to being the richest man, at least on planet earth. The 57-year old Microsoft co-founder ousted Mexican investor Carlos Slim to get back on the top slot, says Bloomberg. The net worth of Mr. Gates is…
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Google CEO Larry Page has a rare medical condition, where his vocal chords have limited movement. The cause of the paralysis could not be determined. It is quite common in cases like these, that a definitive cause is not found,…
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Head of product for Facebook for Android, Bubba Murarka, has joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as general partner and managing director. Since 2008, Mr. Murarka has held positions at Facebook, as business development leads. Most recently he was head of product for Facebook…
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Scott Wagner has joined GoDaddy as COO and CFO. Mr. Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR’s portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy’s interim CEO last summer. Mr. Wagner began working…
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Amy Hood was named Microsoft chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Peter Klein. Ms. Hood, 41, joined Microsoft in December 2002 and currently serves as CFO of the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), overseeing financial strategy, management, and reporting for the $24.1…
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Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and co-founder and CEO of Square, will have lunch with a winning bidder, in an auction handled by eBay, in support of Build. Bidding starts at $5000. Founded in 1999, Build’s mission is to prevent…
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Qualcomm has elected Jonathan Rubinstein to its board of directors. Mr. Rubinstein last served as senior vice president of Product Innovation for HP until January 2012. Prior to HP, Mr. Rubinstein joined Palm as executive chairman in 2007. He led Palm…
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Twitter has hired Cynthia Gaylor, managing director at Morgan Stanley, to head corporate development. Ms. Gaylor has more than 17 years of technology investment banking experience. According to her LinkedIn profile, she has advised clients on over 150 transactions representing…
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