Jason Kilar, the Web wizard who turned Hulu from a punchline into an extremely popular source of online video, said Friday that he would step down as the site's founding chief executive in the next three months.
Mr. Kilar gave no indication about why he was moving on, or about what he might do next. “My decision to depart has been one of the toughest I've ever made,†he said in an email message to employees. He said his departure would take effect sometime in the first quarter of the year, and that he would work with the board of the company “to manage this transition.â€
Mr. Kilar was a top candidate last year for the Yahoo chief executive job, but Hulu said he declined to be considered. The job later went to Marissa Mayer, a veteran of Google. Mr. Kilar, a former executive at Amazon, has in the past been mentioned for any number of high-profile jobs in Silicon Valley.
