Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene to Leave; Kurian Steps In

Greene is one of Google’s highest-ranking female executives
Kurian left Oracle in September after heading cloud effort

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By Gerrit De Vynck, Alex Barinka, Nico Grant and Dina Bass

November 16, 2018 at 6:00 PM UTC

Updated on

November 16, 2018 at 8:37 PM UTC

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Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene, who has pushed for three years to catch up with market leaders Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., will step down from her post and be succeeded by former Oracle Corp. executive Thomas Kurian.

Greene, 63, will remain CEO through January, working with Kurian, who will join the Alphabet Inc. unit Nov. 26. Greene said in a blog post that she will stay as an Alphabet board member.