Google announced on October 17th local time that Prabhakar Raghavan, the senior executive responsible for search engine and advertising products, will step down after leading the company's core profitable business for four years and take on the new role of Chief Technology Officer. Nick Fox, a senior executive at Google who has been working in the search department for a long time, will replace Raghavan.
In addition to search engines and advertising, Raghavan is also responsible for a range of Google products, including Google Voice Assistant, Maps, Business, and Payment Services. He was once considered a candidate for the next CEO of the company.