Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board
Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board
Automattic 确认 Mullenweg 在被董事会试图罢免后已重返 CEO 职位
After a tumultuous week that saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of WordPress.com’s parent company Automattic by way of a board vote, the company has now issued a statement confirming that Mullenweg has returned to his position. 在经历了动荡的一周后，WordPress 创始人 Matt Mullenweg 因董事会投票被罢免了 WordPress.com 母公司 Automattic 的 CEO 一职。目前，该公司已发表声明，确认 Mullenweg 已重返其职位。
“Matt Mullenweg is the chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board and if you search online you can see many top executives and Automatticians supporting him as well,” a company spokesperson shared with TechCrunch via email just after 5 PM ET on Saturday evening. (The mention of online support appears to refer to supportive posts on X that Mullenweg has been reposting from his X account.) “Matt Mullenweg 是 Automattic 的董事长兼 CEO，并获得董事会的全力支持。如果你在网上搜索，也能看到许多高管和 Automattic 员工对他的支持，”公司发言人在周六傍晚美东时间下午 5 点后通过电子邮件向 TechCrunch 表示。（文中提到的“网上支持”似乎是指 Mullenweg 一直在其 X 账号上转发的那些支持性帖文。）
Automattic’s board had voted earlier this week to put Mullenweg on a paid leave of absence for unknown reasons. The move seemingly came as a surprise to Mullenweg, who posted on Automattic’s Slack, accusing the board members of “conspiring” against him. 本周早些时候，Automattic 董事会投票决定让 Mullenweg 带薪休假，原因不明。此举似乎让 Mullenweg 大感意外，他在 Automattic 的 Slack 上发帖，指责董事会成员密谋反对他。
Automattic confirmed Mullenweg’s removal to TechCrunch on Wednesday, saying that Mullenweg was “currently on leave” and that Automattic’s Chief Financial Officer, Mark Davies, would lead as interim CEO with “full confidence” of the board. However, the board’s plan did not go smoothly. Automattic 在周三向 TechCrunch 证实了 Mullenweg 被免职的消息，称 Mullenweg “目前正在休假”，Automattic 首席财务官 Mark Davies 将在董事会的“充分信任”下担任临时 CEO。然而，董事会的计划进展并不顺利。
Seemingly declining to depart, Mullenweg booted other admins out of the company Slack and told employees everything had been worked out and that he was back in control of Automattic, multiple sources told TechCrunch. At one point, he also posted to Slack, “I’m a pirate now” and cursed, which is something Mullenweg famously did not do. “If this is an HR problem, please wrangle me in since my normal wranglers are with Mark Davies,” he wrote. 据多位消息人士向 TechCrunch 透露，Mullenweg 似乎拒绝离职，他将其他管理员踢出了公司 Slack，并告诉员工一切问题都已解决，他已重新掌控 Automattic。有一次，他还在 Slack 上发帖称“我现在是个海盗”，并说了脏话，而这在以往是 Mullenweg 出了名不会做的事。他写道：“如果这是一个人力资源问题，请来找我处理，因为我平时负责处理这些事的人现在正和 Mark Davies 在一起。”
When TechCrunch asked Mullenweg if his comments about being back as CEO were legitimate, he promised a blog post was coming. When it arrived, however, it was about him buying a houseboat. When we asked if his comments about being back were also him trolling, he replied, “I’m not a troll I’m a pirate, obviously.” 当 TechCrunch 询问 Mullenweg 关于他重返 CEO 职位的言论是否属实时，他承诺会发布一篇博客文章。然而，当文章发布时，内容却是关于他购买了一艘船屋。当我们询问他关于重返职位的言论是否也是在“钓鱼”（trolling）时，他回答道：“我不是喷子，显然，我是个海盗。”
Mullenweg never provided any official comment about his return, but noted on X that this was likely the fifth time he’s faced a “coup.” Automattic also did not respond to repeated requests for comment on Friday, nor to reports we heard about board member Toni Schneider stepping down. Mullenweg 从未就他的回归提供任何官方评论，但他在 X 上指出，这可能是他第五次面临“政变”。Automattic 周五也没有回应多次置评请求，也没有回应我们听到的关于董事会成员 Toni Schneider 辞职的报道。
Schneider, a founding CEO of Automattic, now leads Bluesky. He did not return requests for comment at his personal email or via requests sent to Bluesky. We have since asked Automattic again about this and other changes to the board’s composition, which we’re hearing still may be in flux. Schneider 是 Automattic 的创始 CEO，目前领导着 Bluesky。他没有回复发送至其个人邮箱或通过 Bluesky 发出的置评请求。此后，我们再次询问了 Automattic 关于此事以及董事会构成的其他变动，据我们了解，这些变动可能仍在变动中。