Ondrejka joined EMI last year, but it is understood that he wishes to return to entrepreneurial life in Silicon Valley and he will leave the music company before the end of August.

An EMI spokeswoman confirms that Ondrejka "is missing his entrepreneurial roots" and will leave the company in two weeks' time "by mutual agreement".

EMI president of catalogue Ernesto Schmitt will assume some of Ondrejka's duties for at least the short term, meaning that senior VP of digital strategy ...