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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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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Unity was been a massive need of an update anyway and just wasn't getting it. Something like this was always going to happen. This whole debacle has only accelerated it.

All they could have spent some money and upgraded Unity, but clearly that was never going to happen.