Twitter, Inc. announced that Jack Dorsey has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer and that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO and a member of the Board, effective immediately. Dorsey will remain a member of the Board until his term expires at the 2022 meeting of stockholders. Bret Taylor was named the new Chairman…
Microblogging platform Twitter has agreed to sell MoPub to marketing software company AppLovin Corporation, for $1.05 billion in cash. The transaction will enable Twitter to accelerate the development of owned and operated revenue products and drive growth across key areas for the service including performance-based advertising, small and medium-sized business (SMB) offerings, and commerce initiatives. Twitter believes AppLovin…
Twitter Inc has named Sarah Personette as chief customer officer to oversee the social media platform’s global ad sales, global content partnerships and revenue operations, according to Reuters report. Personette, who is vice president of global client solutions, will step into her new role on Aug. 1. She will replace Customers Lead Matt Derella, who will leave after nine years at Twitter.…
Twitter, Inc. announced the appointment of Mimi Alemayehou to the Company’s Board of Directors as a new independent director, effective immediately. “Mimi’s extensive experience overseeing growth in emerging markets in both the public and private sectors will be invaluable as we advance Twitter’s mission to serve the public conversation across the world,” said Patrick Pichette, independent chair of…
Twitter has appointed Peiter Zatko, widely known by his hacker handle Mudge, as head of security. Zatko will report to CEO Jack Dorsey. Zatko is considered one of the world’s best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation. According to Reuters, Zatko said he will examine “information security, site integrity, physical security, platform…
Jack Dorsey-founded mobile payments company, Square Inc. has recently announced its permanent work-from-home policy for most of the employees. The recent announcement comes just a week after Twitter CEO and Co-founder Jack Dorsey did the same for Twitter employees. According to a Verge report, Square employees will now be able to work from home even…
Social media major Twitter recently announced its plans to allow many of its employees to work-from-home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic passes. According to an internal email sent by CEO Jack Dorsey to employees, the company is unlikely to open its offices before September. It also said that some jobs that require physical presence,…
As the novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly and cost more than 3,000 lives, corporations and organizations around the world are feeling the heat of it. Companies are now facing battles on two ends- sustaining the business and safeguarding employees. The outbreak has now led to the world’s largest work-from-home experiment to take place. Companies like…