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| Apr.4 |
HP |
HP's chairman steps down, 2 directors to depart Hewlett-Packard Chairman Ray Lane is stepping down and 2 other board members are leaving in a shake-up spurred by disgruntled stockholders
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| Mar.18 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts CEO steps down Video game publisher says its chief executive, John Riccitiello, will step down on March 30. The company has named Larry Probst as executive chairman
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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down
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| Nov.19 |
Intel |
Intel CEO Paul Otellini to retire in May| Otellini will retire in May after 8 years at the helm, leaving his successor the challenge of adapting to a shift in demand toward mobile devices | |
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| Nov.13 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland director retires Omar Benjamin retired as he was becoming increasingly embroiled in a scandal in which $4,500 in public funds were used for a party at a strip...
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| Oct.30 |
Dublin |
Sybase CEO leaving SAP |
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| Oct.4 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire
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| May.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post The chief executive of computer firm Yahoo has stepped down, amid accusations that a fake computer science degree was included on his CV
| He has been replaced by global media head Ross Levinsohn. The firm is close to agreeing a truce with activist shareholder Daniel Loeb, who discovered Thompson's mistake
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| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
CEO of Diamond Foods summarily ousted |
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| Feb.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo chairman Bostock, 3 others exit board
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| Jan.17 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo founder Jerry Yang resigns Yang founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo and was its chief executive from June 2007 until January 2009. He resigned from its board
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| Jan.14 |
Palo Alto |
2 engineers resign, Tesla shares fall 20% |
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| Dec.28 |
South SF |
Solazyme CEO resigns |
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| Oct.12 |
Fremont |
Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison steps down |
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| Sep.6 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo fires CEO Bartz| Yahoo's chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company after two-and-a-half years in the top job. Bartz was removed by the board of directors, effective immediately. Tim Morse, chief financial officer, will take ... | |
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| Aug.24 |
Apple |
Steve Jobs quits as Apple chief 
| Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant and will be replaced by its chief operating officer Tim Cook. The Silicon Valley legend, who underwent a liver transplant following cancer, said he could no longer meet his chief executive's duties. The 55-year-old become chairman ... | |
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| Jun.28 |
Twitter |
Co-founder Biz Stone leaving Twitter
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| Jun.15 |
San Francisco |
Muni chief Nat Ford will leave this month |
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| May.21 |
Twitter |
Twitter's CTO steps down |
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| Apr.21 |
PG&E |
PG&E CEO resigns in wake of blast| Chairman, chief executive and President Peter Darbee is stepping down following a 'challenging year' that included a natural gas pipeline explosion. Six years after becoming CEO and president of PG&E, Darbee... | |
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| Apr.14 |
BART |
BART's Dugger quits with $1M severance Embattled BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger, whose job has been endangered since a vote to fire her in February, resigned
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| Apr.7 |
PG&E |
2 top PG&E execs to resign
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| Feb.1 |
Gap |
Gap North American president to leave |
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| Jan.20 |
HP |
4 HP directors step down
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| Jan.10 |
AMD |
CEO resigns as company seeks growth
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| Nov.10 |
PG&E |
Exec snooped SmartMeter critics resigned William Devereaux, senior vice-president of the utility's controversial SmartMeter program, eavesdropped on SmartMeters critics
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| Oct.29 |
YouTube |
YouTube co-founder Hurley leaves
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| Oct.4 |
Twitter |
Twitter co-founder steps down as CEO Evan Williams will turn the job over to Dick Costolo, who has been steering Twitter's operations for the past year
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| Aug.8 |
HP |
Woman 'Saddened' By CEO's Ouster |
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| Aug.6 |
HP |
CEO resigns amid harassment claims Hewlett-Packard ousted Mark Hurd for falsifying expense reports and other documents to conceal a secret relationship with a former contractor
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| Feb.16 |
Yahoo |
Director Ron Burkle to end 9-year stint |
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| Feb.4 |
Sun |
Sun CEO: Twitter quitter Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation via a Twitter haiku, adding a poetic flourish to the end of his company
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| Jan.26 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO Lester to retire Howard Lester will retire from the posts of CEO and chairman after 31 years at the company. The board plans to appoint Laura Alber its new C...
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| Sep.30 |
Chevron |
Chevron Names New CEO; O'Reilly Retires Chevron Corp. board has promoted vice chairman John S. Watson, 52, to chairman and chief executive
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| Sep.22 |
Wells Fargo |
Chairman Kovacevich to step down
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over The chief executive Safka is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post
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| Mar.31 |
Facebook |
Facebook CFO Gideon Yu leaving company |
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| Feb.26 |
Yahoo |
CFO leaving in shakeup
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| Jul.17 |
AMD |
CEO Changed as Results Fall Short
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| Apr.11 |
AMD |
Chief Technology Officer Resigns |
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| Apr.10 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image chairman resigns
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| Mar.15 |
San Francisco |
Second Life creator steps down |
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| Mar.5 |
Golden Gate Park |
Nonprofit fires CFO over missing $3.6m |
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| Feb.19 |
Gap |
Old Navy's top exec steps down |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman |
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| Jan.23 |
eBay |
Whitman resigns as CEO Meg Whitman, CEO for nearly 10 years, plans to resign March 31, capping a tenure marked by the online flea market's rise coupled with recent troubles
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
Levi's Chairman To Retire
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San Francisco |
CTO At Second Life Resigns |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down
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| Jun.24 |
Yahoo |
Chief Domestic Sales Officer Resigns |
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post
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| Apr.11 |
BART |
General Manager Resigns |
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| Mar.13 |
Sunnyvale |
Juniper's CFO, another exec to resign |
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| Jan.27 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Hospitals executive Thode retiring |
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits
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| Dec.11 |
HP |
CFO Bob Wayman to retire
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee fires president; CEO retires
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San Francisco |
CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe |
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| Sep.28 |
HP |
General counsel resigns from company |
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| Sep.26 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image CEO Steps Down |
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| Sep.22 |
HP |
CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
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| Sep.12 |
HP |
Dunn to Step Down
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| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO to leave post |
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| Jul.7 |
eBay |
Top management shakeup |
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| Jul.6 |
San Francisco |
Levi's CEO to step down by end of year |
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| Apr.24 |
Sun |
McNealy steps down as CEO Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president
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| Jan.18 |
San Rafael |
Bartz stepping down as Autodesk CEO |
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| Jan.15 |
South SF |
CEO at See's retires after 55-year career |
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| Nov.29 |
San Jose |
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine
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| Nov.4 |
Oracle |
CFO Maffei leaving |
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| May.18 |
Intel |
Otellini succeeding Barrett as CEO
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| Apr.13 |
Siebel |
Shaheen replaced Lawrie as CEO
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| Mar.18 |
Oracle |
CFO quits; SAP raises bid for Retek |
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| Feb.9 |
HP |
CEO Fiorina out Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m
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Palo Alto |
Agilent Technologies CEO to step down |
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| Dec.28 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover |
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| Nov.11 |
Intel |
Otellini to succeed Barrett as CEO The 30-year Intel veteran oversaw the launch of the Pentium processor in the 1990s. He was president and CFO fom 2002
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| Nov.8 |
Schwab |
Ousted CEO gets $10 million contract |
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| Oct.22 |
Napa |
Mondavis get $1m severance packages |
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| Oct.15 |
Emeryville |
Board member quits embattled Chiron |
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million
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| May.3 |
Siebel |
Tom Siebel steps down as CEO
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| Dec.9 |
Gap |
Founder to step down as chairman |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
Salon Media CEO leaves the company |
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| Aug.21 |
San Jose |
JDS Uniphase CEO retires |
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| Jan.24 |
Menlo Park |
Highly Paid E*Trade CEO Resigns |
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| Oct.31 |
Oakland |
Clorox's CEO would retire |
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| Oct.3 |
Gap |
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
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| Sep.27 |
Milpitas |
Solectron CEO will retire next year |
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| Sep.20 |
Apple |
Larry Ellison resigns from Apple board |
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
NextCard under investigation, CEO resigns |
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| Aug.8 |
Santa Clara |
SONICblue fires chief executive |
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| May.21 |
Gap |
CEO announces retirement plans |
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| May.14 |
Napster |
Founder and CEO both step down
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| May.13 |
San Francisco |
Critical Path chairman resigns |
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| May.1 |
Sun |
Sun president stepping down |
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| Apr.26 |
HP |
Walter Hewlett Thrown Off Board |
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| Apr.25 |
AMD |
Flamboyant CEO steps down |
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| Apr.1 |
HP |
Merger opponent Hewlett not in board |
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| Mar.3 |
Napa |
Napa Valley Register publisher resigns |
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| Feb.11 |
SF Chronicle |
Roberts steps down as managing editor |
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| Jan.11 |
San Francisco |
Examiner fires editor in chief |
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| Nov.8 |
Palm |
CEO Yankowski resigns |
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| Oct.26 |
San Francisco |
Ted Fang fired as Examiner editor |
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| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
Chairman resigns at Providian |
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| Oct.16 |
Santa Clara |
Transmeta CEO replaced |
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| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
BEA CEO steps down |
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| Aug.17 |
SF Downtown |
Art Museum Director quits |
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| Jul.20 |
SF Chronicle |
SF Chronicle editor resigns |
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| May.24 |
Intel |
G. Moore steps down from board |
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| Mar.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
SJ Mercury News publisher resigns |
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| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! CEO to step down
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| Dec.23 |
San Francisco |
Examiner managing editor fired |
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| Dec.11 |
San Francisco |
Examiner's exec. editor resigns |
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| Nov.1 |
Santa Clara |
Covad CEO resigned |
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| Jul.3 |
Oracle |
President resign
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