Discord’s CEO and co-founder is stepping down

The CEO and co-founder Jason Citron said descending from the role of management It was replaced by Humam Sakhnini, a former executive from the Activision Blizzard. Citron will remain in the Discord Board and co-founder Stanislav Vishnevsky will continue its activities as a chief technology worker.

“From the beginning, our mission is to bring people together,” Citron said in a way that I dedicated to my career. “First, before your friend, before your friend and after music,” more than 200 million active users in the world, “he said. Morphed to more common social platform The company says.

Citron’s action has an important financial context. New York Times In March, Mehriban said that the company was a meeting with investors to get the public. The area has an experience that acts as a leader of a public company. He was also the president of the King’s Digital – the Creator Crush candy Other popular mobile games – after the company is obtained by Activision Blizzard. A veteran executor can be a natural match to apply to an IPO. Citron did not deny the plan when Gamsbeat any If the company is open, “As you can imagine, hire someone like humamas is one step in this direction.”

A few years ago, it was reported that his opinion was Obtained by Microsoftvisible as a natural fit in conjunction with Xbox. Rumors $ 10 billion contract fallbut both Xbox and Perfection Platforms received integration.