Founding CEO refuses to step down as tech company appoints new leader. Then war of emails begins
By
CS Mathew
The appointment of a new CEO by a tech company took a dramatic turn when the old leader—and the founder—refused to step down. What followed next was a war of emails between the new leader and the old one. The boardroom clash erupted when OpenWeb’s founder Nadav Shoval refused to leave his position and accused the company of breaching his contract after the announcement that Tim Harvey would be the new interim CEO.