Google Cloud executive and former ads boss Jerry Dischler says he will depart the company

• Google Cloud executive Jerry Dischler told staff on Monday he plans to leave the company.
• Dischler was leading cloud applications at Google.
• Dischler previously ran Google's powerful ads business and spent nearly 20 years at the company.

Jerry Dischler, a Google veteran who spent several years steering the company's crucial advertising business, plans to depart Google.

Dischler, who has been at Google for almost 20 years, announced his departure in a memo to staff on Monday, which was seen by Business Insider. A Google spokesperson confirmed the departure.

Dischler was most recently president of cloud applications, overseeing Google's Workspace office software product and integrating AI tools into customers' businesses. He joined Google in 2005 and worked on technology that eventually became Google Pay. He later ran Google's entire ads operations.

"The most difficult aspect of my decision was stepping away from the incredible opportunity we have before us," he wrote in the email, adding that he did so with "immense confidence" in the teams.

Dischler's exit marks another notable departure for the teams working on Google Workspace, a critical product for Google in generative AI that competes with Microsoft's productivity tools.

Aparna Pappu, former vice president and general manager of Google Workspace, announced late last year she would step down and hand over the reins to Dischler.

In his departing note, Dischler wrote that senior managers on Workspace will report to Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, effective May 9, until a new leader is named.

Dischler wrote that it was time for him "to explore something new," although he did not say if he was leaving for a new opportunity.

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