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Re:Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO; stock p... by StriverGuy on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @04:34PM (#39543722)
Could very well just be about Slootman retiring. He is considered one of the most savvy and aggressive tech ceos out there and is arguably impossible to truly replace.
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Re:Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO; stock p... by johan_larson on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @05:02PM (#39544049)
> He is considered one of the most savvy and aggressive tech ceos out there

By whom? I used to work at Snowflake, and from what I remember people on the inside were far more excited about the founders than they were about the CEO.

I got the impression that he was meeting expectations for the CEO job, but no more. Though that's a pretty high bar, given position of the company and the industry.

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