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VMware has promoted executive VP and COO Rangarajan Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO, with the change taking effect at the beginning of June.
Raghuram replaces current CEO Zane Rowe, who took over as interim CEO while the firm searched for a long term successor for Pat Gelsinger.
A number of analysts predicted a new CEO would come from within the company, with chief operating officer Sanjay Poonen thought to be the most likely candidate. However, Raghuram s promotion came with the news that Poonen had decided to leave the company after seven years.
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Synopsis
Since joining VMware in 2003, Raghuram has helped steer the company’s strategic direction and its technology evolution throughout VMware’s rich history
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Raghu Raghuram (Picture: VMware)
Cloud and virtualisation software company VMware has named India-born company veteran Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram as its next CEO from June.
The development may have triggered the exit of his India-born colleague Sanjay Poonen, who said he was quitting after seven years at the Dell-owned company.
Raghuram and Poonen were chief operating officers at VMware and both had been in the race for the top job, which fell vacant after former CEO Pat Gelsinger joined chip maker Intel as chief executive in January.