Twitter co-founder and chief executive officer Jack Dorsey has Today (November 29, 2021) stepped down from his position. The company’s board has unanimously appointed the company’s chief technology officer Parag Agrawal as his successor.
The resignation of Dorsey, who has been heading Twitter as its chief executive officer since 2015, comes into effect immediately. However, he will remain a board member until his term expires in 2022 to help enable a smooth transition for the newly appointed CEO, Parag Agrawal.
NOT SURE ANYONE HAS HEARD BUT,
I RESIGNED FROM TWITTER PIC.TWITTER.COM/G5TUKSSXKL
— JACK⚡️ (@JACK) NOVEMBER 29, 2021
“Hello team.
After almost 16 years of having a role at our company…from co-founder to CEO to Chair to Exec Chair to interim-CEO to CEO…I decided it’s finally time for me to leave. Why?
There’s a lot of talk about the importance of a company being founder-led. ” Ultimately I believe that’s severely limiting and a single point of failure. I’ve worked hard to ensure this company can break away from its founding and founders. There are 3 reasons I believe now is the right time.
The first is Parag becoming our CEO. The board ran a rigorous process considering all options and unanimously appointed Parag. He’s been my choice for some time given how deeply he understands the company and its needs. Parag has been behind every critical decision that helped turn this company around. He’s curious, probing, rational, creative, demanding, self-aware, and humble. He leads with heart and soul, and is someone I learn from daily. My trust in him as our CEO is bone deep.
The second is Bret Taylor agreeing to become our board chair. I asked Bret to join our board when I became CEO, and he’s been excellent in every way. He understands entrepreneurship, taking risks, companies at massive scale, technology, product, and he’s an engineer. All of the things the board and the company deserve right now. Having Bret in this leadership role gives me a lot of confidence in the strength of our board going forward. You have no idea how happy this makes me!
The third is all of you. We have a lot of ambition and potential on this team. Consider this: Parag started here as an engineer who cared deeply about our work and now he’s our CEO (I also had a similar path…he did it better!). This alone makes me proud. I know that Parag will be able to channel this energy best because he’s lived it and knows what it takes. All of you have the potential to change the course of this company for the better. I believe this with all my heart!
Parag is CEO starting today. I’m going to serve on the board through rny term (May-ish) to help Parag and Bret with the transition. And after that…1’11 leave the board. Why not stay or become chair? I believe it’s really important to give Parag the space he needs to lead. And back to my previous point, I believe it’s critical a company can stand on its own, free of its founder’s influence or direction.
I want you all to know that this was my decision and I own it. It was a tough one for me, of course. I love this service and company…and all of you so much. I’m really sad…yet really happy. There aren’t many companies that get to this level. And there aren’t many founders that choose their company over their own ego. I know we’ll prove this was the right move.
We’ll have an all-hands meeting tomorrow at 9:05 AM Pacific to discuss it all. Until then, thank you all for the trust you’ve placed in me, and for the openness to build that trust in Parag and yourselves. I love you all.
jack
PS I’m tweeting this email. My one wish is for Twitter Inc to be the most transparent company in the world. Hi mom!”
Who is Parag Agrawal, The Newly Appointed CEO of Twitter?
Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American who has been with Twitter for more than a decade and has served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since October 2017.
As CTO, he has been responsible for the company’s technical strategy, leading work to improve development velocity while advancing the state of Machine Learning across the company. Before being appointed CTO, Parag had risen to be Twitter’s first Distinguished Engineer due to his revenue and consumer engineering work, including his impact on the re-acceleration of audience growth in 2016 and 2017.
Before joining Twitter, Parag worked for renowned companies like Microsoft, Yahoo, and AT&T Labs. Parag holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
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