16 Facts About Diane Greene

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Diane B Greene was born on June 9,1955 and is an American technology entrepreneur and executive.

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Diane Greene was a board director of Google and CEO of Google Cloud from 2015 until 2019.

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Diane Greene was the co-founder and CEO of two startups, Bebop and VXtreme, which were acquired by Google and Microsoft, for $380 million and $75 million.

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At age 19, Diane Greene ran the first Windsurfing World Championship and won the national women's dinghy championship in 1976.

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Early in her career, Diane Greene worked as a naval architect, where she designed ocean-going vessels and offshore structures.

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Diane Greene co-founded and was CEO of VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft and became the basis for Microsoft's movie player.

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In 2004, VMware was acquired by EMC Corporation for $635 million, and Diane Greene continued as CEO.

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On July 8,2008, Diane Greene was fired as president and CEO by the VMware board of directors and replaced by Paul Maritz, a retired 14-year Microsoft veteran who was running the cloud computing business of VMware parent company EMC.

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Diane Greene was asked to stay on and take a significant role in the company, but she declined.

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Diane Greene has spoken about her experience founding and scaling VMware at Stanford, at YCombinator's Startup School, on Reid Hoffman's "Masters of Scale" podcast series, and more.

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On January 12,2012, Diane Greene was appointed to the Google board of directors.

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In November 2015, Diane Greene was named CEO of Google Cloud following the acquisition of her startup, Bebop.

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Diane Greene was succeeded as CEO of Google Cloud by former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian.

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Diane Greene has previously served as a board member of Alphabet, Intuit, Khan Academy, and SAP.

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Diane Greene is a board member of MIT and is co-chair of the advisory board at the University of California, Berkeley's College of Engineering.

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Diane Greene is an expert crabber and sailor, having grown up doing both in Maryland.