Astronomer CEO announces resignation after viral kiss cam video at Coldplay concert • FRANCE 24

Now, what we’d like to do is say hello to some of you. The way we’re going to do that is uh using our cameras. It was a seemingly innocuous moment. For a few seconds, the big screen showed the happy couple swaying and embracing. Then her jaw dropped. He ducked to the ground. And Chris Martin from Coldplay said this. Either they’re having an affair or they’re just The pair were Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his company’s chief people officer Kristen Kabot. They were put on leave after the video from the concert went viral. Now the software startup has announced Byron has attended his resignation. Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability. And recently that standard was not met. For many, it was the best thing to happen to the internet in years. People on kiss cams at sporting grounds around America began to mimic the interaction, including the mascots of baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies. Sports show hosts opened their broadcasts with it and memes proliferated using characters from famous television shows such as The Office, The Simpsons, and Seinfeld. Here, the character George asks his colleague, “Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?” Others felt the media storm that followed warranted criticism. where the piece a humanitarian fashion company questioned why a CEO’s affair makes headlines but Gaza’s starving children don’t. Astronomer’s team also suggested it was trying to move on, saying that its focus remained on helping customers with their toughest data and AI problems.

The CEO of American tech company Astronomer resigned on Saturday after a video of him embracing an alleged colleague at a Coldplay concert and ducking out of the frame after appearing on the big screen went viral and fuelled relentless memes.
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31 comments

  2. Men and women cheaters need to be held accountable either in this life or when they meet God himself in the end days. Atone for their discrepancies. I would never cheat, and I think that's the outright sin of the world. Karma came to them, and im happy they got caught. We are in a technical advanced area. We will shine on the sins.

  5. This is ridiculous, this is their private matter, sure a reason for his wife to be unhappy, but not his company

  16. This is not a private life thing which interferes with work: a private matter that shouldn't have anything to do with his work life.

  23. I guarantee you, if someone didn't post the affair or that he was a ceo or that she was in hr. The public would not have given much thought and would have seen them as any other couple.

  24. He lacked integrity and that's why he was having an affair. His lack of integrity was a risk for the company. Additionally, he was bringing ill repute to the organization. So they let him go.

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