The exec, who created the Internet Movie Database in 1990, will step aside as CEO and will be succeeded by Nikki Santoro.

Col Needham will become the company’s executive chair. IMDb’s chief operating officer, Nikki Santoro, will take over as CEO. Col Needham will become the company’s executive chair.

IMDb founder Col Needham is stepping aside as CEO of the Amazon-owned site and COO Nikki Santoro is stepping up to replace ...

Founder Col Needham Becomes ... source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, today announced that Founder & Chief Executive Officer Col Needham has transitioned to the role of ...

Col Needham will be succeeded by Nikki ... view the contact information of industry insiders. Needham has said IMDb grew out of a personal movie database he created as a teenager, combined with ...

“After founding IMDb and serving as CEO for 35 years, I've chosen to transition into my new role as Founder & Executive Chair, passing the torch to Nikki Santoro as our new CEO," said Col Needham.

IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, is getting its first new CEO in its 35-year history. Col Needham, the company’s founder and its CEO for the website’s entire existence, is transitioning out ...