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John Riccitiello is stepping down as CEO and president of Unity (investors.unity.com)

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. James M. Whitehurst has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and a member of the Board. Roelof Botha, Lead Independent Director of the Unity Board, has been appointed Chairman. Mr. Riccitiello will continue to advise Unity to ensure a smooth transition.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I can almost guarantee that the original plan was always for him to leave.

I don't think so, mostly because of how long it took for him to be "retired" after the whole fiasco, almost a full month. Had it taken only a week, I'd find that more plausible, as that'd actually make it look like it was his fault and that Unity as a company "saw the error in their way"

Or it could be that they suck even harder at saving face than we thought.