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Discord co-founder Jason Citron resigns as CEO

Former Activision Blizzard vice chairman Humam Sakhnini will be taking over Discord CEO duties starting on April 28.

TJ Denzer

April 23, 2025 1:12 PM

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Major leadership changes are going down this week at Discord. Co-founder Jason Citron has led the social platform as CEO since its launch, but he will be leaving the position at the end of this month. Taking his place will be former Activision Blizzard vice chairman Humam Sakhnini, who will take over his duties starting on April 28, 2025. Citron will remain on the Discord Board of Directors and act as an advisor to Sakhnini.

Discord announced these changes with a public letter from Citron this week. In the letter, Citron lays out the start date of Humam Sakhnini’s entry into the role of CEO, as well as speaking to why it’s happening:

Discord is an enormously popular platform, and has grown to the point that it has a place in a lot of other platforms, including PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. It has also grown to the point where the company has allegedly been preparing to go public with an IPO. There’s been little word on when that may go forward, but the change of active leadership in the CEO position is an interesting one as Discord continues to remain a notable platform in gaming and social spaces.

With Human Sakhnini moving into the CEO position on April 28, stay tuned to the Discord topic here at Shacknews for further updates and coverage.

TJ Denzer

Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on BlueSky @JohnnyChugs.