Marina Krasnova, CEO of VKontakte, and Alexander Tobol, CTO of VKontakte, Vice President of Technology and Development of VK, are leaving the company. This was reported to socialbites.ca in the press service of VK.
It was noted that Krasnova and Tobol will develop their own projects.
At the same time, from July 3, 2023, the management of the social network will be carried out by the Management Team, a professional group consisting of top managers of the VK company and the VKontakte social network.
“The updated format for managing the social network reflects how most of the important decisions of VKontakte are made. “This approach has proven its effectiveness and will allow the social network to continue to grow its audience, create and improve services for users,” said VK CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko.
He thanked Krasnova and Tobol for the success of VKontakte, the launch of Clips, Videos, Calls, Acquaintances and other social networking services.
Marina Krasnova was appointed CEO of VKontakte in March 2021. Alexander Tobol took up his post in December 2022.
Previously on VK released Beta version of the VK Video mobile application.