Jerry Dischler leaves Google after nearly 20 years

Jerry Dischler, the former Google executive who was in charge of Google Ads is now leaving the company right before his 20th year work anniversary. Dischler in November 2023 stepped down as the ad boss, during the height of the DOJ Google anti-trust case.

What Dischler said. Jerry Dischler announced today that it would be his last day at Google. He posted a message on LinkedIn. He said, “After nearly 20 years, I’ve decided to leave Google, and today is my last day.”

Here is the full post:

After nearly 20 years, I’ve decided to leave Google, and today is my last day.

Google is a remarkable company and I’m proud of the incredible things we’ve accomplished in Commerce, Ads, and now Cloud. What’s most important to me is the positive impact we’ve made on the lives of billions of people and millions of businesses around the world.

Lately, I’m especially fired up about the progress that the Workspace and Applied AI teams have made over the course of the past year. The nature of work is going to fundamentally transform over the next few years and both productivity software and products in areas like customer service are improving at a blistering pace. The teams at Google working on these problems are incredibly talented and, as I’ve pointed out in previous LinkedIn posts, they’re just getting started.

As for me, I’m planning to take a bit of time off to recharge. Historically, I have not been good at relaxing, so who knows?

Dischler’s leadership. During his time in Ads, Dischler played a crucial role in shaping the future of advertising for Google and the industry overall. He contributed to Google’s transition from desktop to mobile, established a leading stance on user privacy, and pioneered advanced advertising technologies, including early applications of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) at scale.

He then moved to lead up the Google Cloud team as the President of Cloud Applications.

Dischler joined Google in July 2005 and is now leaving the company in May 2025.

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