High-Ranking Google Exec Quits

AWKWARD

Reports says personal issues at work.

Published Aug. 29 2013 10:10AM EDT

cheats/2013/08/29/high-ranking-google-exec-quits/130722-new-gmail-inbox-ross-tease_tsie2p — Nigel Treblin/AP

Who said tech isn’t sexy. Hugo Barra, a top executive at Google’s Android operating system unit, is leaving the company for Xiaomi, the Chinese phone maker.

High-Ranking Google Exec Quits

Reports says personal issues at work.

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