Days after being named to Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, Wael Ghonim, the young Google executive who became a symbol for the Egyptian revolution, announced he is leaving the search giant to a start a non-governmental organization in Egypt.

“Decided to take a long term sabbatical from @Google & start a technology focused NGO to help fight poverty & foster education in #Egypt,” Ghonim, 30, wrote in a Twitter message over the weekend.

Ghonim had been Google’s top marketing executive in the Middle East, as well as an internet activist who had been c...

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