Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt retakes CEO spot after GM exec’s sudden departure
Kyle Vogt, who co-founded Cruise and ran the startup for years following GM’s acquisition in 2016, is back in charge. Vogt made the announcement Monday via a tweet. Some fun news: I have formally accepted the CEO job at @Cruise once again. — Kyle Vogt (@kvogt) February 28, 2022 The formal announcement comes more than three months after Cruise CEO Dan Ammann, a longtime executive at GM who had been tapped as CEO in 2018, suddenly left the company . Vogt, who had been president and CTO, took over as interim CEO after Ammann left. Vogt will keep his CTO title, the company confirmed. GM and Cruise have never provided details about why Ammann left, however his departure was unexpected and came as a surprise to Cruise employees. When Ammann was first named CEO in 2018, the move was pitched as a natural progression for a company aiming to commercialize. Ammann was at the center of GM’s initial investment and acquisition of Cruise. He oversaw GM’s relationship with ...