![DocuSign hires Google executive Allan Thygesen as CEO, starting October 10; the company's CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, stepped down in June (Jordan Novet/CNBC) DocuSign hires Google executive Allan Thygesen as CEO, starting October 10; the company's CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, stepped down in June (Jordan Novet/CNBC)](https://karkey.in/wp-content/uploads/http://www.techmeme.com/220922/i38.jpg)
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
DocuSign hires Google executive Allan Thygesen as CEO, starting October 10; the company’s CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, stepped down in June — DocuSign shares rose almost 5% in extended trading after the electronic signature software maker announced it has hired an Alphabet executive, Allan Thygesen, to be its next CEO.