Jack­ie Fouse is “re­tir­ing” from the pres­i­dent’s job at Cel­gene. Re­al­ly?

A year af­ter Mark Alles emerged as the CEO of Cel­gene, tak­ing over from Bob Hug­in, and Jack­ie Fouse wound up one rung down the cor­po­rate lad­der with the pres­i­dent/COO’s job, Fouse has sched­uled her de­par­ture from the com­pa­ny.

Cel­gene an­nounced that she’s leav­ing the com­pa­ny — or “re­tir­ing” in the par­lance used when top ex­ec­u­tives leave big com­pa­nies. Ac­cord­ing to the ru­mor mill, the im­mense­ly ca­pa­ble Fouse had lost out on the top job to Alles.

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