I would expect a blog about these kinds of things quite often. After all, it is what I do for a living. Below are some hires that I think really help drive value for the companies and shareholders that have hired them:
Gil Penchina, former VP & GM at eBay, as CEO of Wikia. Gil has a great reputation in the industry.
Jeff Jordan, former President of PayPal (eBay), as CEO of OpenTable. OpenTable sounds like an interesting business. I am sure that Bill Gurley from Benchmark Capital had a lot to do with this. I think he and Jordan have known each other for a long time. Great hire.
Michael Volpi, former Head of Corporate Development & GM at Cisco, as CEO of Joost. What a hire. Michael Volpi has been on everyone's short list for years. Just imagine his ability to evaluate deals and his knowledge and relationships around technology and media. I believe he is moving to London for this as well - good luck to Mike.
Expect more on these in the future. Thinking about a once a week piece - could be very valuable to my subscribers.
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