Hugo Barra is leaving Xiaomi
Hugo Barra, the person tasked with expanding Xiaomi’s reach beyond its native China, has today announced his departure from the post. He will conclude his Xiaomi tenure after the Chinese New Year next month, and will return to Silicon Valley — where he served as Google’s vice president of Android product management until 2013 — to “embark on a new adventure.” Barra says that his decision has been strongly motivated by a feeling of detachment from his family and the life he had built up in Silicon Valley:
“What I’ve realized is that the last few years of living in such a singular environment have taken a huge toll on my life and started affecting my health. My friends, what I consider to be my home, and my life are back in Silicon Valley,…
