Prince Harry has stepped down from a top job at a Silicon Valley tech firm — less than three months after his bombshell move back to the UK.
Weeks after insisting he would always be a royal and signalling a desire to heal the rift with his family, the Duke of Sussex has stepped back from his highest-profile business position in the US.
Harry is no longer chief impact officer at online coaching and mental health company BetterUp after returning to the UK with Meghan and their children in August.
After five years as Chief Impact Officer, Prince Harry is stepping away from the daily executive leadership team, where he earned $1million-a-year deal to help create ‘impact in people’s lives’.
In his new role as Senior Advisor, he will focus on key projects with some of the company’s largest enterprise customers.
It is not known what his new salary or daily rate will be.
BetterUp has presented the move as a positive development, but it is likely to fuel speculation that Harry is stepping away from corporate life just weeks after declaring he would always be a royal and expressing a desire to reconcile with his father and brother.
The role was one of the first he secured after moving to the US with Meghan, following their decision to quit frontline royal duties and seek financial independence.
Harry’s friend and BetterUp chief executive Alexi Robichaux announced that he would no longer serve as chief impact officer after ‘five incredible years together’.
He made no mention of the duke’s return to the UK.
Robichaux said: ‘In this new capacity, he will focus on key projects with some of our largest enterprise customers, working alongside our team and the leaders we partner with.’
The move also gives him more time to grow his portfolio of investments, pursue new business opportunities and continue supporting philanthropic causes close to his heart.’
He added: ‘Harry, thank you for what you’ve helped build here. I’m glad we get to keep doing this work together in this new capacity.’
