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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says CFO Mark Davies conspired with board to put him on paid leave; Davies voted interim CEO
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg posted in a company-wide Slack channel that CFO Mark Davies conspired with board members to place him on paid leave and that Davies was voted interim CEO.
The CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has been sidelined from his own company in what he describes as a board-level conspiracy led by his CFO. With Davies now serving as interim CEO, leadership and strategic direction at one of the web's most important platform companies is in flux.
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Mullenweg announced the leave in a company-wide Slack message, characterizing it as a conspiracy by CFO Mark Davies and board members.
Davies was voted to serve as interim CEO during Mullenweg's paid leave.
The event was corroborated by two independent feeds, though one carried only the headline without additional detail.
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