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John Riccitiello (/ r ɪ k ɪ ˈ t ɛ l oʊ /) is an American business executive. Previously, he was chief executive officer, chief operating officer and president of Unity Technologies , Electronic Arts , and co-founded private equity firm Elevation Partners in 2004.
John Riccitiello will retire as Unity Technologies’s president, CEO and chairman effective immediately, the video-game and 3D content software company said. Riccitiello’s resignation comes ...
(Reuters) - Video-game software maker Unity said on Monday John Riccitiello would retire as chief executive officer, effective immediately. The company has appointed James Whitehurst as interim ...
John Riccitiello found that out the hard way when he "retired" with immediate effect as chairman and CEO of a stock-listed company called Unity Technologies after spotting what he thought was a ...
Unity will also receive a $1 billion investment from Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake once the deal is closed. [74] In August 2022, AppLovin made an unsolicited offer to buy Unity in exchange for $17.54 billion in an all-stock deal. The proposed merger would result in the former Unity CEO John Riccitiello becoming the CEO of the combined entity ...
CEO John Riccitiello explained that the layoffs were meant to reduce overlap and shelve certain projects to ensure the company's future strength. [91] Later, on November 29, 2023, Unity announced an additional 265 layoffs, constituting 3.8% of its workforce, as part of a "company reset," according to Reuters.
In October, Unity CEO John Riccitiello retired, and the company appointed former IBM president Jim Whitehurst as interim CEO and president and Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha as board chairman.
Unity is a cross-platform game engine developed by ... Former CEO John Riccitiello said in an interview that he believes this to be a side-effect of Unity's success ...