AOL has hired Tim Armstrong, sales head at google, as their new CEO.
AOL has named a new CEO and chairman. Tim Armstrong, who headed up ad sales in the Americas for Google, will replace Randy Falco as chairman and CEO. AOL President and COO Ron Grant will also be leaving the company. Armstrong’s name has been bandied about as a potential CEO or top executive at several companies. He takes on a challenging post at AOL, which does not have the strength of either Google or even Yahoo in terms of advertising assets or traffic.
Good luck. I don’t think he’ll do well. If you look closely at this backgroud and experience you’ll notice that he has very little experience in turning around failing companies. He basically rode the ‘google wave’ and was at the right place at the right time. He’ll survive two years max, and likely be gone within 9 months. AOL won’t be spun out…it’ll just die on the vine.
Comment by Ted — March 16, 2009 @ 8:19 pm