GM's Cruise taps Xbox video game veteran as next CEO

GM’s Cruise has appointed Marc Whitten — a video game veteran who was a founding engineer at Xbox and Xbox Live— as CEO. The Cruise CEO position has been vacant since December when co-founder Kyle Vogt resigned as part of a broader executive shakeup following an October 2 incident that saw one its robotaxis drag a felled pedestrian 20 feet. Whitten, who will start July 16, has a long history developing tech products, particularly in the world of video games. He most recently worked at video game engine mak ...