Twitter’s new CEO wants the company to move a lot faster
Parag Agrawal | Photo Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The new CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, has a clear message: expect the social network to move a lot faster than it has in the past.
In his first public appearance since taking the reins of Twitter from co-founder Jack Dorsey, Agrawal says his top priority is improving our execution" and streamlining how Twitter operates. His comments, made at the Barclays technology conference, come after activist investor Elliott Management shook up Twitter's board of directors last year and pressured Dorsey to step down from his part-time CEO role. Dorsey remains the CEO of Block (formally called Square).
I believe we have set them up so they can really move fast"
Despite being Twitter's CEO for only nine days, Agrawal has already made big changes...