Tony Fadell Out as Nest CEO; Former Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz In Posted by June 6, 2016 Leave a comment on Tony Fadell Out as Nest CEO; Former Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz In It’s no small secret that Nest is struggling a bit. The startup was acquired by Google in 2014 for $3.2 billion, but its sales have not been blowing up as much as Google had likely hoped they might.