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Parag Agarwal: Reluctant tweeter who became youngest tech CEO ever at 37

Chief Technology Officer of Twitter since 2017, Agrawal has been a reluctant tweeter himself, and has headed some of the microblogging platform's most ambitious projects over the years

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Newly named Twitter CEO A Parag Agrawal. (Ellian Raffoul/Courtesy of Twitter via AP)

3 min read Last Updated : Dec 01 2021 | 1:49 AM IST

Parag Agrawal, 37, has become the youngest CEO to lead a large technology firm, but little is known about the new head of Twitter.

The Chief Technology Officer of Twitter since 2017, Agrawal has been a reluctant tweeter himself, and has headed some of the microblogging platform's most ambitious projects over the years. Besides this, little is known of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay alumnus.

"Congratulations to our alumnus Dr. Parag Agrawal for being appointed the new CEO of Twitter. Dr. Agrawal obtained his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2005. He started working at

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