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Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

By Bill Detwiler May 31, 2006, 10:12 AM PDT Bill Detwiler on Twitter billdetwiler

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Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

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F***edCompany.com founder Philip Kaplan, who became a spokesperson for disaffected dot-com workers in 2000, is stepping aside as CEO at AdBrite but will stay on to take charge of the company’s products. The bleached hair and concert T-shirts are gone, but Kaplan still plays drums at work and often jams with employees.

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Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

Consistent with his reputation as the voice of dot-com workers, F***edCompany.com founder Kaplan works in a cubicle at AdBrite just like everyone else.

Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

New AdBrite CEO Ignacio Fanlo has to get used to rock ‘n’ roll after taking the helm from founder Kaplan, the man who also founded dot-com dead pool site, F***edCompany.

Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

Kaplan and Fanlo chat with AdBrite executive assistant Dayna Judkins in the company’s lobby. AdBrite has nearly doubled its staff in the last six months.

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