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The seemingly chaotic style in the early years of Google eventually led to a fair amount to dissatisfaction in Google’s overall progress, and was the reason that co-founder Larry Page was named CEO about a year ago. After studying Google’s problems and talking to successful leaders like Mike Bloomberg, Page moved quickly to reorganize Google around seven specific areas where he wants Google to make big progress: search, ads, You Tube, Android, Chrome, commerce, and social networking. A long time Google board member commented “He had a very clear sense of the organization he wanted to have and handpicked people to run large areas of the company and set their objectives.”