George Reyes

Google CFO George Reyes plans to leave the company at the end of the year.

Google announced last Tuesday that Reyes would step down after assisting in a search for a replacement.

"I've known and admired George since our days together at Sun," Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt said in a statement. "As Google's CFO, George successfully navigated our innovative IPO, the regulatory demands of Sarbanes-Oxley, and the management challenges of scaling a global finance organization. Though we fully appreciate his decision to step back from active management, we'll miss his thoughtfulness, good humor, and wisdom."