[petercooper]

None of the reports I've seen mention this, but Chris was the CEO before Tom (and became CTO to focus on product) so is already very experienced in the role :-) http://www.quora.com/GitHub/Why-is-Chris-Wanstrath-no-longer...

[than]

I see Zach just responded to his own answer pointing out that the reverse of 2012 is true again.