What changed
Chirantan "CJ" Desai stepped down as President and CEO effective immediately to take a senior role at Meta Platforms. The Board appointed Dev Ittycheria, who led MongoDB from 2014 to 2025, as interim President and CEO, and has retained an executive search firm to find a permanent successor. MongoDB reaffirmed its Q3 and full-year fiscal 2027 guidance provided on September 1st, 2026. Under Ittycheria's prior tenure, the company scaled from approximately $35 million to more than $2.3 billion in annual revenue.
Why it matters
Chirantan "CJ" Desai stepped down as President and CEO effective immediately to take a senior role at Meta Platforms. The Board appointed Dev Ittycheria, who led MongoDB from 2014 to 2025, as interim