Benjamin Fried Is Google's New CIO

Google has announced that it is naming Benjamin Fried as its new CIO.

Benjamin Fried is currently a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s technology department. Google said in its statement, “We’re pleased that Ben will be joining us as our new CIO, and we look forward to him starting in May.”

He would be taking the position left vacant by Douglas Merrill who has now joined EMI. Fried had joined Morgan Stanley’s technology department way back in 1994.