Published on 22nd May 2012
“Google Inc completed its $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and named a new executive to lead the smartphone maker. Dennis Woodside, a Google executive involved with planning for the acquisition and formerly the president of Google's Americas region, was named Chief Executive of Motorola Mobility. Mr Woodside was one of a handful of names reported to be up for the job,” according to the Wall Street Journal.