John Riccitiello is stepping down as CEO and president of Unity

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. James M. Whitehurst has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the Board. Roelof Botha, Lead Independent Director of the Unity Board, has been appointed Chairman. Mr. Riccitiello will continue to advise Unity to ensure a smooth transition.

LiveLM,

Too little, too late 👋

red,

Jim Whitehurst? The guy who sold Red Hat to IBM? Cool, cool, cool. Cool.

DocMcStuffin,
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So, his replacement is going to walk back this cluster-you-know-what, right? Right?

crickets

sosodev,

They already walked it back. The changes are fairly negligible at this point.

altima_neo,
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Wonder where he’s going next?

He used to be EA’s CEO

pivot_root,

Preferably Epic. Pull the same shit again, then Godot gets even more funding.

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