Google to restructure Cloud business, with some roles eliminated

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Google is restructuring its cloud business, eliminating an unknown number of roles.

Google is restructuring its Cloud group internally, which will include eliminating some roles, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNBC.It comes as CEO Thomas Kurian completes one year at the helm.

Thomas Kurian, the incoming head of Google Cloud and formerly president of product development at Oracle, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2013.Google is restructuring its Cloud group internally, which will include eliminating some roles, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNBC.

The restructuring comes as CEO Thomas Kurian has been at the helm for one year. In that time frame, he's made a number of changes, mostlyto the headcount, which he and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai have boasted of over the last few quarters. The restructuring is primarily meant to realign focus on international markets and affects fewer than 50 employees, according to a person close to the company. The company would not comment on how many employees are affected or which areas within the Cloud business would be affected, only saying it is working with internal "mobility teams" to find the employees new roles within the company.

 

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