Matt Mullenweg reclaims Automattic CEO role two days after board ousted him
Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO 2 days after getting booted
Matt Mullenweg is back as Automattic CEO just two days after the board placed him on paid leave and named CFO Mark Davies interim chief. In a Slack message, Mullenweg said the board is “back in agreement” and he is “in control of Automattic.” Davies’ Slack account has been deactivated, and Mullenweg removed all admins from the company’s Slack. WordPress Executive Director Mary Hubbard welcomed his return.
If you don’t have a coup attempt every few years, you’re not hiring strong enough leaders.
- zero_shift
I only recently realised why the org is called AutoMATTic
- delichon
Corporate coup survivors: Matt Mullenweg, Sam Altman, Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark. They should form a club.
- pluc
Dupe/existing discussion from a day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660104
- largbae
I only see the headlines of this drama. All it tells me is to stay far away from any dependency on this company.
- NSUserDefaults
So glad I just converted my site to Hugo.. happy to get away from this whole bunch of people.