Ben Ling Heading Back to Google

August 14th, 2008

While 10% of Facebook employees may have come from Google, the tide is now flowing in the opposite direction too. Ben Ling, who decided to leave Facebook this week, is headed back to Google to lead YouTube’s monetization efforts, Kara Swisher reports.

The move back to GOOG comes only 10 months after Ling left Google Checkout’s e-commerce platform group to run Platform product marketing for Facebook. YouTube’s former head of monetization, Saschi Shef, recently left Google to become chief revenue officer at KP-backed startup Cooliris.

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5 Responses to “Ben Ling Heading Back to Google”

Nick Stamoulis Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I bet he was offered a nice fat salary to return! Either way, good for him!
Todd Sieling Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 9:08 am
So, one person is a tide, or have there been reports of many people going back to Google?
anon Says:
September 1st, 2008 at 3:30 am
Well, if there’s no allure of Facebook going public anytime soon, then Google has really deep pockets for getting good people back to Google.
anon Says:
September 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
YouTube’s former head of monetization is Shashi Seth (not Saschi Shef).
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December 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
[...] community, may be hired to head up similar efforts on the Facebook Platform to replace Ben Ling. Ling left Facebook to return to Google earlier this [...]