Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures
In Brief Posted: 1:25 PM PDT · September 18, 2026 Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Sarah Perez Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures Automattic has a new interim Chief Financial Officer: Jeremy Klaperman, the CFO of the company’s WordPress VIP Enterprise business unit. The news, shared internally on Friday, follows last week’s attempted ouster of Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, which ultimately resulted in the departure of the board members who voted him out and other executives, including then-CFO Mark Davies. Davies was briefly interim CEO before Mullenweg retook the position.
- ▪In Brief Posted: 1:25 PM PDT · September 18, 2026 Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Sarah Perez Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures Automattic has a new interim Chief Financial Officer: Jeremy Klaperman, the CFO of the
- ▪The news, shared internally on Friday, follows last week’s attempted ouster of Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, which ultimately resulted in the departure of the board members who voted him out and other executives, including then-CFO Mark Da
- ▪Davies was briefly interim CEO before Mullenweg retook the position.
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In Brief Posted: 1:25 PM PDT · September 18, 2026 Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Sarah Perez Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures Automattic has a new interim Chief Financial Officer: Jeremy Klaperman, the CFO of the company’s WordPress VIP Enterprise business unit. The news, shared internally on Friday, follows last week’s attempted ouster of Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, which ultimately resulted in the departure of the board members who voted him out and other executives, including then-CFO Mark Davies. Davies was briefly interim CEO before Mullenweg retook the position. In a Slack post, Mullenweg shared that Klaperman had previously acted as Automattic CFO when Davies had been on sabbatical.
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