John Thompson retiring as Symantec CEO Archives Published: November 18, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Symantec on Monday announced that chairman and CEO John Thompson is retiring, and Symantec’s COO Enrique Salem has been named president and CEO. Thompson will remain chairman of the board and will join the Symantec board of directors. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles AI And Future CFO Masterclass To Explore Artificial Intelligence Strategy For Finance Leaders Wired August 31, 2026 Decibel HCM Successfully Deploys Travel And Expense Management Modules At Engro Enfrashare Wired August 31, 2026 Kaspersky Details Silver Fox ValleyRAT Campaign Using Signed Chinese Adware Risk & Resilience August 31, 2026 Arcana Info And NexaVM Host Technical Session On Hypervisor And Virtualization Solutions Wired August 31, 2026