The three, which include former CEO Parag Agarwal, are demanding reimbursement for the costs of litigation, investigations and congressional inquiries related to their former jobs.Īgrawal, along with the company's former chief legal and financial officers, have claimed that Twitter owes them a total of more than USD 1 million, and Twitter is legally bound to pay them. All Rights Reserved.Twitter CEO Elon Musk is back in the news, as three top Twitter executives who were sacked by Musk last year after his takeover have filed a suit on Monday.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Twitter did not immediately respond to a message for comment on the tweet. Conservatives quickly unearthed a tweet he sent in 2010 that read "If they are not gonna make a distinction between muslims and extremists, then why should I distinguish between white people and racists."Īs some Twitter users pointed out, the 11-year-old tweet was quoting a segment on "The Daily Show," which was referencing the firing of Juan Williams, who made a comment about being nervous about Muslims on an airplane. Those include misinformation, abuse and effects on mental health.Īgrawal got a fast introduction to life as CEO of a high-profile company that's one of the central platforms for political speech online. It has just over 200 million daily active users, a common industry metric.Īs CEO, Agrawal have to step beyond the technical details and deal with the social and political issues Twitter and social media are struggling with.
While Twitter has high-profile users like politicians and celebrities and is a favorite of journalists, its user base lags far behind old rivals like Facebook and YouTube and newer ones like TikTok. (Ellian Raffoul/Courtesy of Twitter via AP)Īgrawal is a "'safe' pick who should be looked upon as favorably by investors," wrote CFRA Research analyst Angelo Zino, who noted that Twitter shareholder Elliott Management Corp. Newly named Twitter CEO Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs. In this image provided by Twitter, Parag Agrawal poses for a picture. Having served as Twitter's chief technology officer for the last four years, Agrawal's appointment was seen by Wall Street as a choice of someone who will focus on ushering Twitter into what's widely seen as the internet's next era - the metaverse. Those brand-name company founders and leaders have often been in the news - and on Twitter - for exploits beyond the day-to-day running of their companies. SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) - Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.īut his prior lack of name recognition coupled with a solid technical background appears to be what some big company backers were looking for to lead Twitter out of its current morass.Ī 37-year-old immigrant from India, Agrawal comes from outside the ranks of celebrity CEOs, which include the man he's replacing, Jack Dorsey, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla.
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