Red Hat Leader Taking Lesser Role, Pay Cut | Linux Today

Red Hat Leader Taking Lesser Role, Pay Cut

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 3, 2008

“Matthew Szulik, who built Red Hat into a global technology
company, will take a pay cut with his reduced role at the Raleigh
software developer and could step down in February 2009.

“Szulik surprised investors and employees in December when he
announced he would resign as CEO to care for an ill family member.
Red Hat hired James Whitehurst, a former Delta Air Lines executive,
as its new CEO. Szulik said he would remain chairman…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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