IonQ announces that Peter Chapman has stepped down as its Executive Chairman
He has been succeeded by President and CEO Niccolo de Masi whose company was one of those that IonQ acquired.
Changes have come to the senior ranks of IonQ, the company that acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Qubitekk Inc., the partner of EPB in building its quantum network, last November, and announced on July 31 a major advancement in applying quantum technology to energy grid optimization challenges in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Niccolo de Masi has taken on the additional role of board chair. He succeeds Peter Chapman, who preceded de Masi as CEO, and has now stepped down as Executive Chairman and from the company’s board of directors.
Chapman, a former executive at Amazon.com Inc., was IonQ’s President and CEO from May 2019 until de Masi was hired. It was on his watch that the company went public in 2021 via a merger with special purpose acquisition dMY Squared Technology Group and made a series of acquisitions that expanded its reach into Europe and Asia.
De Masi was no stranger to the company when he took over as CEO. He founded and led dMY Squared Technology Group before its merger with IonQ and has served on IonQ’s board since the company went public. In a statement, he thanked Chapman for his “seminal work” in building IonQ over the last six years.
As previously reported, IonQ has been on an acquisition tear.
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