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Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve

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Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.

Directly affected

  • GOOG Alphabet

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • JPM JPMorgan Chase

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • BAC Bank of America

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • WFC Wells Fargo

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • C Citigroup

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • GS Goldman Sachs

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • MS Morgan Stanley

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of financial companies

  • KBE SPDR S&P Bank

    A fund of bank stocks

  • KRE SPDR S&P Regional Banking

    Regional banks are sensitive to deposits and rates

  • IDRV ISHARES SELF-DRIVING EV & TECH ETF

    GA selected IDRV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: driving, self. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.

Source: TechCrunch

Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve,” Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV) is -9.55%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.52% over the same days, a -10.07% difference versus the market.

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Who is named in “Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve”

Companies tied to this story

  • IDRV Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf

    Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 16 Sep 2026 story “Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve.” Reason on file: GA selected IDRV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: driving, self. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve” reaches Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV)

“Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve” (16 Sep 2026) reaches Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV) through this story.

Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV) is on the page because GA selected IDRV as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: driving, self. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

The price range for Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV), and the dates in the story

IDRV traded between 31.34 and 35.05 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 31.90.

What the saved facts support for Ishares Self-Driving Ev & Tech Etf (IDRV)

14 out of 100

“Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve” scores 14 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 1 linked companies.