CEO of Red Hat Steps Down

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 20, 2007 @04:26PM from the big-hat-to-fill dept.

bearer_of_bad_news points us to a C|net article which states that Matthew Szulik is stepping down as the president and chief executive of Red Hat. Szulik is citing family health reasons, and he plans to remain chairman of the board. Red Hat has indicated that his replacement will be former Delta Airlines COO James Whitehurst. Quoting the article: "On a conference call, Szulik said Whitehurst stood 'head and shoulders' above other candidates interviewed in a recruiting process. He was a programmer earlier in his career and runs four versions of Linux at home." We discussed Szulik's ascension to CEO back in 1999.

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Re: Euphemisms by Daniel+Phillips · 2007-12-20 22:00 · Score: 2, Informative

Actually, no, Red Hat revenue and profit are way up, 20% and 39% respectively, mea culpa. Somebody mod parent into oblivion please. Red Hat is still growing just fine.

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Re:4 versions of Linux by loconet · 2007-12-21 02:08 · Score: 2, Informative

It is also worth noting he actually did his undergrad in Computer Science and Economics. MBA from Harvard, Linux user, not too shabby for the role.

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