Marc Whitten goes to be leaving engine big Unity later this yr.
That’s according to an 8K filing with the SEC, which says that he shall be vacating his place as chief product and know-how officer on June 1st, however will not really be leaving the corporate till the tip of 2024.
No purpose has been given for his departure. Whitten will strolling away with as a lot as $814,801 in advantages on his resignation date.
Whitten joined Unity in February 2021 as SVP and GM of the corporate’s Create division, which is concentrated on its recreation engine. Two years later, he was promoted to the president of this arm.
Previous to that, he spent over 17 years at Microsoft, ultimately working his approach as much as CVP and chief product officer at Xbox, serving to to construct and lead the corporate’s Xbox and Xbox Stay companies. He left in 2014 for audio specialist Sonos earlier than transferring to Amazon to work as VP of leisure units and companies after two years.
Whitten’s departure from Unity comes after a quite tumultuous yr for the engine big. The corporate has courted controversy with its new generative AI options, in addition to introducing the now-infamous Runtime Charge.