Considering that the AdMob acquisition was announced in early November 2009 and yesterday was the last business day in October, I'm guessing this is a case of 'stick around as long as the acquisition deal requires and not a day longer'.
Which makes me wonder, and I hope some of the local greybreads can elucidate this point: In general, how common is it for acquired founders to leave ASAP, and how many instead stick around for the long term?
In May according to techcrunch. But I'm guessing that the deal which closed was one which was signed back in October 2009, and that the 1 year countdown started when the deal was signed.
I'd imagine its hard to convince a sales guy who now has more money than he knows what to do with to stick around. There are vacation homes and boats to buy. Hackers are a little different if you can keep them interested (the YouTube guys haven't left Google, just YouTube).
Which makes me wonder, and I hope some of the local greybreads can elucidate this point: In general, how common is it for acquired founders to leave ASAP, and how many instead stick around for the long term?