AUTOMATTIC CEO MATT MULLENWEG TALKS SUCCESSION — ‘I DON'T WANT TO PASS IT TO A COMMITTEE'

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Matt Mullenweg intends to stay as CEO at Automattic, but he's been thinking of a succession plan for the company. Mullenweg doesn't want to pass WordPress onto a committee but rather to another CEO who will continue to act as a steward to the WordPress community. He says the most 'iconic' companies are those where the executive has retained some majority in voting control, something he is considering in his succession planning. Automattic has helped boost the adoption of WordPress by introducing more than 100 million people to the software.