Tumblr CEO David Karp
is stepping down from the company
Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp, who created the
blogging site more than 10 years ago at the age of 20, is resigning
from the company. The news, first reported by The New York Times,
was confirmed to The Verge in a statement from Verizon-owned media
conglomerate Oath, to which Tumblr belongs, following a dizzying
string of mergers and acquisitions over the last four
years.
"David Karp will depart Oath by the end of the year,"the
statement reads. "David founded Tumblr 10 years ago as a space
for the world's creators, and we thank him for his commitment and
passion driving the growth of the platform to almost 380 million
blogs and over 155 billion posts."
Karp, in a note sent to his colleagues at Tumblr, says
the "decision comes after months of reflection on my personal
ambitions, and at no cost to my hopefulness for Tumblr's future or
the impact I know it can have."He goes on to say, "The
internet is at a crossroads of which this team can play a
fundamental role in shaping."
Tumblr首席执行官兼创始人David
Karp十多年前在他20岁时创建了博客网站，而他现在正准备辞职。这个"纽约时报"首度报道的消息在后续的一份声明中得到了证实，而该公司在过去的四年中，也经历了一系列令人眼花缭乱的并购事项。
声明中说："David
Karp将在今年年底离开公司。"10年前，David创立了Tumblr，作为全球创作者的空间，我们感谢他的承诺和激情，推动了平台的增长，达到近3.8亿个博客和超过1550亿个帖子。
卡普在寄给他在Tumblr的同事们的一封信中表示，"离开公司是在我个人经过了几个月的反思之后做出的决定，而且这也不意味着我对Tumblr的未来不抱希望，也没有质疑它的影响力。"他接着说说："互联网正处于十字路口上，而对此，Tumblr团队可以扮演着重要的角色。"
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翻译人：曹昀杰
来源：
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/27/16705748/tumblr-ceo-david-karp-founder-resignation-verizon-yahoo-oath