Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and transitioning to executive chairman, to be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready
and Google's e-commerce exec takes the reins Mahira Dayal / The Information : Pinterest Bets Big on Commerce With CEO Hire; A Science Creator Shuns YouTube Ad Share Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google loses payments and commerce head behind the upcoming Google Wallet to Pinterest Ians / International Business Times : Pinterest Appoints Bill Ready As New CEO William Hicks / San Francisco Business Journal : Pinterest CEO is stepping down; Google exec tapped for role Tweets: Bill Ready / @williamready : I'm beyond excited to start a new adventure as CEO of @Pinterest! I want to express my gratitude to Ben and the entire Pinterest team for the incredible company they've built. I'm looking forward to building w/ them and the amazing community of Pinners! https://www.wsj.com/... Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : Pinterest is about to become more e-commerce driven -> Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and will be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready “Pinterest is poised to make a significant dent in the e-commerce landscape...” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... @mdudas : haven't purchased a public stock in a while, but the product / leader fit here is as good as it gets huge win for @williamready and @Pinterest https://twitter.com/... Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Expect more founder/CEOs to step down as bear market distinguishes founder from CEO. https://www.cnn.com/... Ian Kar / @iankar_ : Fascinating. Ex head of Braintree & Venmo/super high up exec at PayPal is now off to run Pinterest https://twitter.com/... Tracy Chou / @triketora : congrats on a great run, @8en sometimes i see the shenanigans of ridiculous silicon valley founders and wonder why everything is so bad, but then i remember that there are successful founders like @8en who are thoughtful, kind, and humble, too https://www.wsj.com/... Owen Thomas / @owenthomas : Google Commerce is the Googleplex's Defense Against the Dark Arts job. https://www.wsj.com/...