Matt and Wordpress snag Yahoo exec

Wow, Wordpress is definitely “growing up”! Toni Schneider, an exec at Yahoo who helped found the Yahoo Developer Network among other things (a particularly relevant experience set given WP’s plugin community), is leaving to become CEO of Automattic, Matt Mullenweg’s new company. Plus he is taking on a partner role in a new VC called True Ventures, which would seem to bode well for Automattic’s financial future.

Auttomattic is well on the path to become the next Six Apart, with a mix of hosted blog service and popular blog engines and tools. I am passionate about Wordpress, so I can’t wait to see where Toni, Matt and the gang are going to take this.

[hat tip to Om Malik by way of Memeorandum]