AOL president Bob Lord, whom many had expected to become CEO of the US giant, has revealed he is to leave the company in 2016 in the hope of taking the reins at a publicly listed company elsewhere, according to reports.

Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, Lord said he wants to run a publicly listed company, or one that is headed towards an initial public offering (IPO), with current AOL CEO Tim Armstrong also conceding he had been grooming the soon-to-leave exec to become his eventual successor.

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Source: The Drum