Aon searching for new CEO, as Ryan steps down
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Patrick Ryan, a titan of the insurance industry and fixture of Chicago-area business and civic institutions, revealed plans to step down as chief executive of Aon Corp.
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October 26, 2004 -- Walt Disney Co. said its board chose executive search firm Heidrick &amp; Struggles to help it find a new chief executive officer when Disney CEO Michael Eisner steps down.
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The hunt for a new chief is on; O'Neal could walk out with more than $150 million.
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The Microsoft Corp.  executive  in charge of closing the gap on Web search leader Google Inc   is leaving the company, a source familiar with the  situation said on Wednesday.
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Office Depot Inc. ODP.N, the No. 2  U.S. office supply chain, on Monday said Chairman and Chief  Executive Bruce Nelson resigned and a search for his successor  is under way.
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Spectrum troubles, defections, and a new CEO? Best to look elsewhere.
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The Microsoft executive who had led the effort to close the gap on Google is leaving the company.
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Power-generator Mirant Corp. disclosed Thursday that it is looking for a new chief executive officer. Searching for new leadership is a typical step for a company in bankruptcy, Mirant spokesman
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In a move that could signify more trouble for Microsoft's seemingly confused Windows Live group that has seen a number of products revert back to MSN branding, Corporate Vice President Blake Irving is resigning his post, according to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley.
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AOL chief technology officer Maureen  Govern, who oversaw the division responsible for accidentally  releasing search data for more than a half a millions Internet  users, has resigned from the company, according to an internal  company memorandum.
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Mozilla COO John Lily is taking over for Mitchell Baker, who is stepping down.
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The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday.
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Viacom said Tuesday its current president and CEO Tom Freston has resigned his position with the company.
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Telstra&#39;s search for a new CEO has begun as incumbent CEO Dr Ziggy Switkowski has agreed to step down from the post. Switkowski&#39;s last day will be 1 July, 2005 and possibly even earlier if the telecommunications company can find a suitable replacement.
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(InfoWorld) - Google is losing its CFO, George Reyes, who has decided to retire, the company said Tuesday. There doesn't appear to be any controversy associated with Reyes' departure, which is expected to happen by the end of the year. In fact, Reyes will assist Google in the search for his replacement, Google said. In a press release, Google CEO Eric Schmidt expressed admiration for Reyes and said the company will miss "his thoughtfulness, good humor, and wisdom." As Google's CFO for the past five and a half years, Reyes oversaw critical financial events at the company, including its unorthodox and closely watched initial public offering as well as the challenges and complexities of a global, fast-growing Internet company. In the statement, Reyes called his Google tenure "an extraordinary ride," and Google co-founder Larry Page praised him for helping Google balance financial discipline and entrepreneurial culture. Reyes came to Google in 2002 from ONI Systems, where he served as interim CFO. Earlier, he spent 13 years at Sun, where held various high-ranking finance jobs.
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Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone is quitting after six years with the company, to join a venture capital firm. His replacement, Jim Safka, currently heads Primal Ventures, the venture capital division of Ask.com&#39;s parent company IAC.The moves are intended to streamline the operating structure of IAC as it prepares to spin off some of its operations, said Barry Diller, CEO of IAC.The group plans to turn its HSN (Home Shopping Network), Ticketmaster, Interval International, and LendingTree activities into separate, publicly traded companies.Lanzone was responsible for a &quot;turnaround&quot; at Ask.com over the last two years, Diller said in a statement.However, Ask.com&#39;s share of the U.S. search market is small: it had just 4.6 percent of the market in November, compared to 9.8 percent for Microsoft, 22.4 percent for Yahoo, and 58.6 percent for Google, according to market watcher Comscore. Ask.com&#39;s share has fallen from 5.2 percent in March, according to Comscore figures.Ask.com is going down fighting, though: in November, it struck a deal with Google said to be worth up to $3.5 billion to display sponsored search listings for its larger rival.It has also tried to differentiate itself from the other search engines by promising to protect its users&#39; privacy and erase personal data stored about the searches they make.Ask.com&#39;s new CEO Safka will be aided by Scott Garell who, in the role of president, will manage Ask.com&#39;s daily business operations, the company said. Garell is currently head of IAC&#39;s consumer applications and portals business, which includes the Evite service.Ex-CEO Lanzone become an entrepreneur-in-residence at Redpoint Ventures. That company&#39;s past investments include Excite, MySpace, TiVo -- and Ask.com itself.&#160;
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Mitchell Baker has stepped down as the CEO of Mozilla Corporation and said John Lilly, chief operating officer, will take over as CEO. Baker will stay on chairman.