Co-Founder Paul Sciarra Leaves Pinterest, Ben Silbermann Is New CEO

Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra has left the company, leaving co-founder Ben Silbermann to take his place as CEO.  Wait, what? With all Silbermann’s public appearances, it would have seemed that he was the CEO already.

The co-founder recently gave an interview for a lengthy feature in Fortune magazine. He also sat down for a Q&A with investor and entrepreneur Chris Dixon at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, TX.  Silbermann has been the sole window to the inner workings of a company that hasn’t done much self-promotion outside the Facebook Timeline.

But

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