Etsy Boss Rob Kalin Also to Take Back Seat
Well, we weren’t so far off with our prediction that Etsy founder Rob Kalin would be the next to bend to investor pressure and give up his position as CEO. But the role change does come earlier than expected. In investor-speak:
"It was quickly apparent to founder Rob Kalin that Maria was the right person to be running the company day to day."
Taking over the helm at Etsy is Maria Thomas who was introduced previously in April as COO. Her previous jobs have been with Amazon and NPR (s. press release):
At the same time, Etsy nabs its new CTO from Yahoo. Chad Dickerson is leaving Yahoo, following the mass exodus which includes the Flickr founders (Etsy shareholders themselves) as well as dozens of other Yahoo execs.
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Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, translated by Jason Soo.
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