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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by ikeyany on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @04:58PM (#19628721)
Sundar became CEO in 2015, which is when Page/Brin stepped away.

So the question is "Why disappear now?", just when there are so many high-profile ethical issues facing the company.

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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by xiphias2 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:20PM (#19628905)
Page/Brin were on the TGIFs for 10 years when Eric was CEO, so this is not the honest answer. Also they are still the main controlling shareholders, so they are making the real hard decisions.
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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by ehsankia on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:26PM (#19628956)
Having full town halls leaked to Breitbart definitely didn't help.
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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by logicx24 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @05:02PM (#19628748)
I think now is the best time to step away, so that people know exactly who's in charge at a time of supposed crisis.
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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by ikeyany on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:17PM (#19629304)
Do you think there's a question of who's in charge?
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Re:Google Founders Have Skipped All of the Company's 2019 To... by ionised on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:48AM (#19632511)
> So the question is "Why disappear now?", just when there are so many high-profile ethical issues facing the company.

So they can lay the responsibility or blame for what comes next on someone else.

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