Xerox names tech chief Jacobson as post-split CEO

• Jeff Jacobson will be the CEO of Xerox Corp. (NASDAQ:XRX +2.5%) after the company splits into two later this year, Xerox announced.
• He'll succeed Ursula Burns. Currently, Jacobson is head of Xerox Technology, a role he'll hold up to the separation.
• Jacobson had joined the company in 2012 leading Global Graphic Communications Operations, two years before taking over Xerox Technology.
• Xerox's split into "new Xerox" (Document Technology and Document Outsourcing business) and business processes firm Conduent is set to wrap by the end of the year.
• Previously: Ashok Vemuri appointed as CEO of post-separation Business process outsourcing company (Jun. 14 2016)