Google executive leaves company after posting essay admitting to past antisemitism: Report

Published July 16, 2021 8:13pm ET



An executive at Google is no longer with the company after he published an extended confession and rebuke of his own history of antisemitism, according to a new report.

Google announced the departure of Amr Awadallah, vice president of developer relations for Google Cloud, in an email to employees on Thursday following internal fallout from what Awadallah called his “story of redemption,” CNBC reported. The email came after a staff meeting on Wednesday, which employees reportedly described as contentious, during which the situation was discussed.

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