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News: EA CEO John Riccitiello resigns

Added: 18.03.2013 21:07 | 20 views | 0 comments

Riccitiello accepts "accountability for the shortcomings" in EA's financial results, but company remains optimistic over future success.

News: EA CEO John Riccitiello resigns news

Riccitiello will step down as CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors on March 30, with former EA president Larry Probst temporarily appointed executive chairman "to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team" while the publisher searches for a permanent CEO.

"My decision to leave EA is really all about my accountability for the shortcomings in our financial results this year," Riccitiello wrote in an open letter on EA's website.

"It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the...