Meet Parag Agrawal, Ex-IIT Bombay Graduate Who's The New CEO Of Twitter
In a move that surprised everyone, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey stepped down from the position on Monday, giving the reins to Indian-American Parag Agrawal.
Before becoming CEO at Twitter, Parag Agrawal was the chief technology officer (CTO) at the company. As the news about Twitter's bold move came in, company stocks shot up 10 per cent.
With this, Twitter has two Indian-origin at the helm, including its policy and safety lead director Vijaya Gadde.
Who is Parag Agrawal?
Agrawal studied at IIT-Bombay after which he attended Stanford University to get a PhD in computer science. In 2011, he joined Twitter as a distinguished software engineer, moving up the ladder quickly to take over CTO duties in 2017.
Before joining Twitter, Agrawal held leadership positions at Microsoft Research and Yahoo! Research.
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According to former CEO Jack Dorsey, after a rigorous selection process, Twitter's board of directors appointed Agrawal "unanimously." In a letter shared publicly on Twitter, Dorsey claimed that Agrawal had been played a key role in "every critical decision" that helped turn Twitter around.
?Similarly, Agrawal also shared a note on Twitter, where in he wrote about Twitter's "incredible impact, our continued progress, and the exciting opportunities ahead of us."
"I joined this company 10 years ago when there were fewer than 1,000 employees," he added. "There is no limit to what we can do together," Agrawal exclaimed.
?Before taking over CEO duties, Agrawal helped advance the use of machine learning across Twitter, helping the company grow in terms of audience in 2016 and 2017.?"Let's show the world Twitter's full potential," Agrawal added in his note.
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