IMDb founder and CEO Col Needham is stepping down after launching the web site 35 years in the past, the Amazon-owned firm introduced on Tuesday. Needham will now function govt chair. IMDb chief working officer Nikki Santoro will take over as CEO.
Needham began constructing the database that later grew to become IMDb in 1990. He remained CEO even after promoting the web site to Amazon in 1998, overseeing main modifications just like the rollout of its IMDbPro subscription and an replace that lets professionals cover their age.
As govt chair, Needham will nonetheless “present strategic steering, seek the advice of on key initiatives, and function a worldwide ambassador” for the corporate, in accordance with IMDb’s press launch.
“[Santoro’s] monitor file of driving progress and enhancing our services makes her the best individual to information IMDb into a brand new period,” Needham says in a press release. “I sit up for persevering with to work carefully with Nikki and the proficient IMDb crew in my new position as we construct on IMDb’s legacy and form the way forward for leisure data.”
