Google CEO's inner circle: Meet the L Team →
Page has moved quickly to remake the company in his image, and this influential group is responsible for plotting strategic priorities, such as social networking and mobile computing.
In the revamping of the group earlier this year, Page swapped out several of the executives who previously had seats at the table and brought in managers spearheading key initiatives.
Among the new members of Page’s cabinet are social networking head Vic Gundotra, Android mobile chief Andy Rubin and YouTube head Salar Kamangar, according to people familiar with the matter.
Two questions:
1) What, exactly, is Page’s “image”? Phrases like that are used a lot when covering Page’s new reign at the helm, but I still have no idea what makes Page tick.
2) How were Rubin, Kamangar and Gundotra not part of the inner circle to begin with?
Also:
They said the executives who have left the group include Marissa Mayer, the head of Google’s local, maps and location services business.
Mayer was responsible for this classic:
It looks like a human was involved in choosing what went where,” Marissa told them. “It looks too editorialized. Google products are machine-driven. They’re created by machines. And that is what makes us powerful. That’s what makes our products great.
