CNN: "AdSense creator leaves Google"

[zett]

[techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com...]

Gokul Rajaram, a high-ranking Google product manager who helped launch one of the search giant’s most profitable ventures has left to start his own company.

[...]

Whatever venture he pursues, he has the blessings of top Google (GOOG) brass Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin. Product management vice president Susan Wojcicki honored him with a large plaque signed by a few hundred Googlers at his farewell party at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., two weeks ago.

[zjacob]

At the end of the day, according to the Aussie article below, it seems that Gokul Rajaram could have just been a product manager whose team was responsible for integrating the Adsense technology developed by Rex Wong and his company Applied Semantics, which Google bought in 2003.

AdSense man Rex Wong [theage.com.au]

Rex Wong now runs dave.tv.

[SEOMike]

just been a product manager

just a project manager... that grew the department into a monster. I think that takes some real talent, and his $50M take is a good indicator that he's more than just your ordinary project manager... he's SUPER PM! :)

[ann]

Maybe he's joining PowerSet.

(ducking and weaving)

Ann

[edaindia]

Farewell party! What's this? no one threw a chair :)

[hydn79]

Is it just me or since he left google CTR's and eCPM's have gone DOWN!

[normanp]

Does anyone have a clue what this guy is gonna do next? Has he revealed it anywhere?