MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai steps down effective Sept 28; Dev Ittycheria returns as interim President and CEO

MongoDB, Inc.

CJ Desai resigned as President and CEO effective Sept 28, 2026 to take a senior role at Meta Platforms; MongoDB said the exit was not due to any disagreement.
The Board appointed Dev Ittycheria, 59, as interim President and CEO effective Sept 28, 2026; he previously led MongoDB as CEO from September 2014 to November 2025.
Ittycheria's prior tenure scaled MongoDB from about $35 million to more than $2.3 billion in annual revenue; the Board retained an executive search firm for a permanent CEO.
MongoDB reaffirmed Q3 and full-year fiscal 2027 guidance issued Sept 1, 2026, and hosts an Investor Day at Nasdaq MarketSite on Sept 29, 2026, 11:00 am-3:15 pm ET.
Ittycheria is lead independent director of Datadog and remains on MongoDB's board; his October 29, 2025 advisory agreement stays in force during the interim role.

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