Twitter's New CEO: Who Is Parag Agrawal?
Twitter (TWTR) - Get Free Report gets its new CEO, Parag Agrawal, after Jack Dorsey decided to step down from his position on Monday.
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Dorsey said that Parag had been behind every critical decision that helped turn the company around.
"He's curious, probing, rational, creative, demanding, self-aware, and humble," Dorsey said. "He leads with heart and soul, and is someone I learn from daily."
"My trust in him as our CEO is bone deep," he added.
Agrawal, who joined the company as a distinguished software engineer in 2011, became chief technological officer in 2017.
Prior to joining Twitter, he had worked for Microsoft (MSFT) - Get Free Report, Yahoo undefined and AT&T Labs.
Originally from India, Agrawal completed his bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
“The world is watching us right now, even more than they have before," Agrawal said. "Let’s show the world Twitter’s full potential!”
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