Nat Friedman, the CEO of GitHub, is stepping down after three years with the organization. Friedman first joined Microsoft when the business bought Xamarin, which he co-founded. When Microsoft purchased GitHub three years ago, he took over as its CEO.
Friedman is now returning to his entrepreneurial origins. “With all that we’ve accomplished in mind, and more than five great years at Microsoft under my belt, I’ve decided it’s time for me to go back to my startup roots,” Friedman writes in a blog post on GitHub. “I’m moving on to my next adventure: to support, advise, and invest in the founders and developers who are creating the future with technology and tackling some of the biggest opportunities of our day.”
Thomas Dohmke will take over the new CEO of GitHub role on November 15th, who was chief product officer of the same. The company will continue to function as an independent Microsoft-owned business after that. Julia Liuson, who has been elevated to head of Microsoft’s developer division, will report to Dohmke.
That represents a shift in Microsoft’s GitHub structure, since Friedman previously reported to Scott Guthrie, Microsoft’s Cloud and AI leader.
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