Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Google executive Wael Ghonim was released Monday in Egypt, the company announced.
"Huge relief -- Wael Ghonim has been released. Our love to him and his family," the company tweeted shortly after 8 p.m. in Cairo (1 p.m. ET).
Ghonim's Twitter account, which had not had a posting since he went missing January 28, carried a tweet around the same time. "Freedom is a bless (sic) that deserves fighting for it," the tweet said, ending with the hashtag "#Jan25," a reference to the Egypt protests.
Earlier, Ghonim's family said they were expecting his release Monday, 10 days after his disappearance. His brother Hazzem Ghonim told CNN that he received word from Egyptian telecommunications billionaire Naguib Sawiris that authorities would release Ghonim by 4 p.m. (9 a.m. ET).
Wael Ghonim is a Dubai-based marketing executive for Google in the Middle East. After the anti-government protests erupted in the Egyptian capital, he joined in.
"Heading to Tahrir square now. Sleeping on the streets of Cairo, trying to feel the pain of millions of my fellow Egyptians," Ghonim tweeted on January 26. CNN
