By James Faris
Publication Date: 2026-04-02 17:59:00
Paramount Skydance is bringing on a former Big Tech executive to take its technology to the next level.
Hugh Williams, a former Google VP credited with helping invent the “infinite scroll” feature, is joining David Ellison’s Paramount to bolster the company’s advertising tech and product.
Williams, who’s been called “the godfather of doomscrolling,” was hired by Bill Gates at Microsoft to help build what became Bing. He then was a VP at eBay and Tinder before joining Google, and…