Google remains confident that it can execute on its goals despite the high-profile defections
Google loses second exec to Facebook
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28 Mar 2008, Ian Williams , V3
Google has lost its second high-profile employee to Facebook in less than a month.
Ethan Beard has quit as head of social media at Google to join Facebook as director of business development.
Sheryl Sandberg, who was Google's vice president of global online sales and operations, left on 4 March to become chief operating officer at Facebook.
Prior to Google, Beard served as director of business development at Viacom's MTV/VH1 unit, and helped to start the Big Internet Group.
Google did not seem particularly phased by the move. "While Ethan will be missed, we have the internal expertise to execute on our goals," said a spokesman.
Facebook has become one of the fastest growing social networking sites in the world, and is now valued at around $15bn.
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Facebook has slowly and rather quitely become an online powerhouse. This is starting to show... either that or Google is becoming a more hostile place to work. I have heard of employees there becoming ever stressed by the competition from co-workers. It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this.
Posted by Biztone, 30 Mar 2008