Google cloud exec said to abdicate management responsibilities after 24 years
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Urs Holze, the eighth employee at Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), is slated to step down from management responsibilities after nearly a quarter century and continue his work independently.
Holze, who had led the technical infrastructure team at Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) Cloud, was overseeing a team that had more than 12,000 full-time employees, CNBC reported.

Following his change, Holzle will become an "individual contributor" and will work independently the news outlet added.
In addition to Holzle's change, Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) Cloud is seeing several other management shakeups, including a former Amazon (AMZN) Web Services exec, Chris Vonderhaar, joining Google to lead its supply chain and operations initiatives, CNBC added.
Mountain View, California-based Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) shares rose more than 2% in early Wednesday trading.

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