Comments on: Google CFO Retires, Successor TBD

By: X-Googlers Ready To Start It Up « GigaOM

X-Googlers Ready To Start It Up « GigaOM — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:40:55 +0000

[...] PT | No comments Google (GOOG) employees are in that phase where they can exercise their options, lock in their profits and high tail out of the Googleplex. With their Mansions and Maseratis paid for, it is time for [...]

By: Spuds

Spuds — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:22:21 +0000

I sending in my CV. Give me the job. Please!

By: John

John — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:24:12 +0000

Reyes has already cashed out $259.5 million. How more does he need? The easy growth years of Google are ending soon...

I think that Murray Demo, CFO of Postini, will be Google's next CFO. Google recently announced the acquisition of Postini on July 9th. Prior to Postini, Demo was Adobe's CFO for several successful years.

By: RandomThoughts

RandomThoughts — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:37:24 +0000

Google had not been all that concerned with how investors view them so this kind of fits in with their mentality.

As to his importance? How difficult had it been to be Google's CFO? How hard was it for Phil Jackson to coach Michael Jordan?

Reasons? Google is in for a fall? The guy had made enough money? A looming SEC crackdown? Who knows, only time will tell.

By: mukundmohan

mukundmohan — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:13:37 +0000

Kevin Here's why they said it. They would rather tell the world on their terms and keep it open than have you, Mike Arrington, Rafat or any of the other "scoop" bloggers leak it out first.

Hiring a replacement for a senior exec takes time. If the CFO has already made up his mind to leave, it will only be a matter of time before more people and eventually the whole world knows. Then it becomes a PR nightmare. This way its proactive.

I am sure you're asking why they dont do this with products (like the so called GPhone) but I am sure these matters are more sensitive to the stock holders than rumors of a new product from Google.