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Blender Leadership Transition

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Blender's CEO Ton Roosendaal is stepping down after 30 years, and Francesco Siddi will take over as CEO. The company has been operating at a loss in 2024, but remains committed to being free software.

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Ton Roosendaal, creator, CEO, and chairman of Blender, is stepping down in 2026 after over 30 years. He will move to the Blender Foundation supervisory board: https:// 80.lv/articles/blend er-ceo-announced-his-decision-to-step-down-after-over-30-years …

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The new CEO of Blender, Francesco Siddi.

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Ton is the legend. He devoted 30 years of hard work and lot of passion in blender, empowered countless artists. Sir thank you so much.

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During the Blender Conference 2025 keynote, Ton Roosendaal announced to step down as chairman and Blender CEO per January 1st 2026, passing on his roles to Blender COO Francesco Siddi. Watch the full presentation at https:// youtube.com/watch?v=JXm0-i lIknE … #b3d Press release:

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