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Situational awareness: Cboe Global Markets CEO Edward Tilly has resigned after failing to disclose personal relationships with colleagues. Fredric J. Tomczyk will assume the CEO role.
1 big thing: Jack Dorsey's new role
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Alyssa Henry, CEO of Block's payments platform, Square, is stepping down, and Block CEO Jack Dorsey will step in, per an SEC filing yesterday.
Why it matters: At $7 billion, Square represented 38% of the company's 2022 revenue.
Details: A source with knowledge of the matters tells Lucinda that Dorsey is evaluating whether to stay in the position long term or hire someone to take over.
- Henry is expected to step down Oct. 2.
What they're saying: "After 9+ years at Square and 30+ years working, I'm retiring. It's been an amazing and fulfilling ride," Henry wrote in a social media post yesterday.
Context: Her announcement comes roughly two weeks after the company suffered a daylong outage that prevented customers from processing payments or accessing their accounts.
- The company blamed a domain name system error.
The big picture: Shares of Block fell 2.5% in early trading today, with investors seemingly shrugging off concerns about how her departure could impact the business.
- Dorsey notably remains front and center at the company, which has pushed to grow Square among larger clients and expand internationally.
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