Kai-Fu Lee, the president of Google Greater China, is leaving the company, Google (GOOG) announced on Sept. 4 in a statement. Lee, who was at the center of a bitter court battle in 2005 when he left his old employer, Microsoft (MSFT), to join Google, said in the press release that it was now time “to move to the next chapter in my career.”
Google has certainly had its share of difficulties in China, where it has lagged behind local favorite Baidu (BIDU). But Google says that this surprise move, just four years after Lee joined the company, is an amicable parting. Alan Eustace, Google senior vice-president for engineering, said in the statement that the company was “very sad” to see Lee leave.
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