NewsMarkets

Tech

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Placed on Leave of Absence Amid Board Dispute

The WordPress company's board forces its co-founder to step aside, a move he claims was orchestrated by CFO Mark Davies.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 9 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence TechCrunch ·
  2. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg placed on leave The Verge ·
  3. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence' 404 Media

In this story

  • Matt Mullenweg
  • Automattic
  • Mark Davies