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Re/code reports Larry Page has signed off on a reorg that puts respected Android/Chrome/Google Apps chief Sundar Pichai in charge of Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) core products.
- Pichai will reportedly "have purview over research, search, maps, Google+, commerce and ads and infrastructure," in addition to his current responsibilities. The six execs responsible for the aforementioned product areas will now report to Pichai instead of Page. However, YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki will keep reporting to Page.
- Page's decision is said to be driven by a wish to spend more time on the "bigger picture," and by concerns Google will become less innovative/agile as it ages. The co-founder/CEO will still be directly in charge of business and operations, as well as Nest, Calico, Google X, and a few other areas.
- It was only last year that Pichai replaced Andy Rubin as Google's Android chief.
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Update: A Google spokesman has confirmed the reorg.