CEO OF SKYPE FREE
Skype now has 560 million registered users in nearly every country, providing free VOIP calls to other Skype subscribers and charging low per-minute rates to landlines and mobile phones. In August, Skype filed for a public offering worth an estimated $100 million. In November 2009, eBay said it would spin off Skype to an investment group, with co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis receiving 14 percent of the stock. "His record of achievement and significant operational and management expertise, cultivated over a distinguished tenure at one of the world's preeminent technology companies, presents a unique opportunity for Skype that we are enthusiastic to embrace." "We are thrilled to bring on Tony Bates as Skype's new CEO," said Miles Flint, Skype's chairman, in a statement. I look forward to working with Skype's management team and talented employees to engineer the next wave of game-changing products and services for our users." "There are extraordinary opportunities ahead for Skype and I am eager to lead the company through this exciting juncture in its continuing transformation. "Skype is not only a powerful global brand but also a global technology leader in Internet communications," Bates said in a statement. Josh Silverman, Skype's existing chief executive, will apparently leave the company. Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security Softwareīates will join in October before that, Adrian Dillon, Skype's chief financial officer, will serve as chief executive officer.So we learn that Josh is serious about this gig, wants to learn as much as he can and listen to users. In the meantime, I look forward to meeting and talking with as many of you as possible over the months and years to come. But as we go further on this journey together, I plan to earn it. I don’t yet have the right to expect your enthusiastic two thumbs up. Both of whom have done great, meaningful things with this company. And I hope to share some of my observations on this very blog and see what you think, too.Īs chief executive, I’m stepping into a flight deck first captained by co-founder Niklas Zennström and latterly interim CEO Michael van Swaaij. I want to know everything about the technology, the team and the community. With my wife and kids about to begin their adventure in Estonia as well, I have all the support I could ever need. To really understand Skype’s cultural and technological DNA, my number one priority is to do a lot of listening and learning. I’m the new guy, and have a lot to learn. And in everything we do, one thing is certain: we’ll always have the best interests of the Skype community at heart. That doing so means listening well, being willing to think different and take risks. So what can you expect from me? That I’m serious about wanting to build the greatest products - and the greatest company - on Earth.
I share your passion, and take very seriously the responsibility of all of us at Skype to be good stewards of the product and the brand. It’s a passionate community of users who believe in the power of human connection, in bold innovation and in striving for product excellence which has put us on our path to changing the world. But he officially steps on board March 24 as Skype CEO so his words and thoughts count:’m well aware that it is more than just an ingenious feat of engineering, which has made Skype one of the most rapidly-adopted technologies in human history. In terms of revelatory, Josh's first post is hardly that. Former Evite co-founder (well, I guess he will always be a co-founder), and eBay marketing exec and current CEO Josh Silverman has just been named the new CEO of Skype.Īs Jim Courtney of Skype Journal notes, Josh is already blogging.
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