The co-depth co-founder, Jason Lemon, 40, said on Wednesday that he would move as CEO of the messaging platform.
“I will go to a new role as a member of the board of directors and advisor, and continue to support Discord through this next chapter,” Lemon wrote in a Post on Wednesday. “I am incredibly proud of what we have built together – and even more excited for what awaits us.”
Lemon told Tech News Venturebeat publication that he had no concrete retirement plans, although he spends more time with his family and for the game.
“I have no specific plans for me. I may take a little break to spend time with my children,” said Lemon, adding that there were three games on his game list.
“I need to finish the Renaissance of Final Fantasy VII. I have a backward. I want to play Blue Prince. I didn’t even play Baldur’s Gate III, believe it or not,” said Lemon.
“Rebirth” is the continuation in 2024 of the remake “Final Fantasy VII” “Final Fantasy VII, a historic outing of the Japanese studio Square Enix.
Meanwhile, “Baldur’s Gate III”, a fantasy adventuring game based on a “Dungeons & Dragons” mechanics, was published in August 2023.
“Blue Prince”, in the meantime, is a mystery and puzzle adventure game in which the player crosses a family domain to try to find the 46th room still usive.
Discord said in a statement on the same day as the former vice-president of Activision Blizzard, Humam Sakhnini, will succeed Céron as CEO from April 28. Lemon co -founded Discord in 2015 with Stanislav Vishnevskiy.
“The work of a CEO is constantly evolving, and over the years, I have continually” hired out of a job “. Usually, that means delegating work and then take up the various leadership challenges,” said lemon in a blog article to discard employees on Wednesday.
“However, while I look at what is necessary for the CEO of discord in the coming years, I realize that it is time for me to” listen to myself literally with a job “, continued Lemon.
Lemon declared in his interview with Venturebeat that his decision to take a step back was who could “pass discord to the next level”.
“As you know, I’m no longer a manufacturer, a guy start -up,” said Lemon.
Lemon departure distinguishes him from most of the young technology founders who continued to captain of the companies they founded.
Mark Zuckerberg, 40, continues to direct Meta, the social media company he co -founded in 2004. Evan Spiegel, 34, co -founded Snapchat in 2011 and remains his CEO.
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