Parag Agrawal will take over from Jack Dorsey as the CEO of Twitter in 2022
Jack Dorsey''s financial services company Square has announced to change its name to Block, effective from December 10, as the former Twitter CEO renews his focus on Blockchain and crypto.
"If I weren't at Square or Twitter, I'd be working on bitcoin," Jack Dorsey had said at a packed Miami conference in June
Jack Dorsey, who is stepping down after six years as Twitter's chief executive, is one of the tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their empires
For Parag Agrawal, the IIT Bombay alumnus who has succeeded Jack Dorsey as the Twitter CEO, one of the biggest tasks at hand would be content moderation
Agrawal has been with Twitter for more than a decade and has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2017
Agrawal will receive an annual salary of $1 million, in addition to bonuses, restricted stock units and performance-based stock units
Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal hopes to extend the social networking site's reach under his tenure while making continued progress while providing exciting opportunities in challenging times.
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The new leader of the company will have to chase aggressive goals to step up user growth, double revenue and expedite product execution.
Agrawal, who was appointed Monday to succeed Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, is 37, the same age as Meta Platform Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg
In a letter posted on his Twitter account, Dorsey said he was 'really sad...yet really happy' about leaving the company and that it was his decision
Shares of the microblogging platform surged 9% in early trading, while those of digital payments firm Square Inc, which is also helmed by Dorsey, were up 3%
Britain's Prince Harry said he warned the chief executive of Twitter ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that the social media site was being used to stage political unrest in the US capital.
After the deal is completed, Molnar and Eisen will help lead Afterpay's merchant and consumer businesses as part of Square's Seller and Cash App divisions
The takeover, also the biggest buyout of an Australian firm, underscores the popularity of a business model that has upended consumer credit
Financial payments services firm Square, run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has announced to acquire Australian company Afterpay for $29 billion in an all-stock deal
The all-stock buyout would value the shares at A$126.21 ($92.65), the companies said in a joint statement
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced to create a new business focused on building an open developer platform for Bitcoin for his financial payments company Square
Bitcoin is currently on a tumultuous ride thanks to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.