Instacart appoints business chief Chris Rogers its new CEO - UPI.com

May 28 (UPI) -- Instacart named Chris Rogers as its new CEO Wednesday, weeks after CEO Fidju Simo announced her departure for OpenAI.

The grocery delivery company appointed Rogers, who had served as chief business officer, as its new top executive less than a month after it was revealed Simo would move over to OpenAI as its head of applications.

"Over the last four years, we've transformed Instacart into a growing, profitable, leading technology platform that's helping reshape the grocery industry," Simo stated in a release.

Rogers will start his new role on August 15 and likewise will join Instacart's board of directors.

Instacart appoints business chief Chris Rogers its new CEO - UPI.com

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