Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker stepping down

Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Corporation (aka "MoCo") and one of the tech industry's most prominent female CEOs, has announced plans to step down from her position. Taking her place will be current Mozilla COO John Lilly, who has worked closely with Baker during his tenure at the company. Baker plans to stay on as Mozilla's chairwoman and will continue to work toward openness on the Internet. "John Lilly is the right person to guide the product and organizational maturity of MoCo," Baker wrote in a blog post. "Once I allowed myself to think about this I realized that John will be a better CEO for the MoCo going forward than I would be. I'm sure that I was the right person for this role during the first years of MoCo; I'm equally sure that John is the best person for this role in the future."

For more on the announcement:
- see this Ars Technica article