TikTok’s COO has quit
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CCY0)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge V. Pappas, the chief operating officer of TikTok, has resigned, as first reported by The Information. In a memo Pappas posted to Twitter, they informed staff that they will no longer work as COO of the company, as they believe the "time is right to move on and refocus." Pappas will still stay at TikTok in an advisory role.
Given all the successes reached at TikTok, I finally feel the time is right to move on and refocus on my entrepreneurial passions," Pappas writes. Few had imagined what the last five years would look like and with all the incredible innovation happening now with generative AI, robotics, renewable energy, genomics, blockchain and the IoT, clearly the future will again look much different."
The news of Pappas'...