- Facebook CTO Bret Taylor announced in a post to his Facebook page that he will be leaving the company this summer to launch a startup with Kevin Gibbs.
- The duo has not revealed what their startup's focus will be, but both have extensive previous experience in working with app developers.
- Gibbs created Google Suggest, AKA the results that appear in the drop down after you begin typing.
- Zuckerberg: "I've really enjoyed working with Bret and getting to know him as a friend and teammate. I'm grateful for all he has done for Facebook and I'm proud of what he and his teams have built. I'm also proud that we have a culture where great entrepreneurs like Bret join us and have such a big impact."
From the article:
Facebook CTO Bret Taylor announced on Friday afternoon in a post to the social network that he’ll be leaving the company this summer to launch a startup with Google’s senior software engineer Kevin Gibbs. No word yet on what Taylor and Gibbs’ company will focus on, but the duo’s previous work experience suggest it may be related to working with app developers. As a group product manager at Google, Taylor had built the company's developer product team and launched its now-annual developer conference, according to his LinkedIn profile. And per Gibbs’ LinkedIn a...