Coursera Co-Founder Takes a Job at ‘China’s Google’

Coursera, the online-education company, announced on Friday that one of its founders, Andrew Ng, was taking a third job, as chief scientist at Baidu, an Internet giant often called “China’s Google.” The announcement came about a month after Richard C. Levin, the former president of Yale University, became Coursera’s chief executive.

“With a strong executive team in place at Coursera, Andrew is taking this opportunity to pursue other interests in his career,” the company said in a statement.

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