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Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey Stepping Down As CEO

He will remain on the board until his term expires in 2022.

Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey Stepping Down As CEO

Michael Reynolds / AP

By AP

November 29, 2021

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO of the social media platform, the company announced Monday. He will be succeeded by Twitter's current Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal.

Dorsey will remain on the board until his term expires in 2022.

Agrawal has been CTO since 2017 and at Twitter since 2011.

In a letter posted on his Twitter account, Dorsey said he was "really sad...yet really happy" about leaving the company and that it was his decision.

Dorsey has faced several distractions as CEO, starting with the fact that he's also founder and CEO of the payments company Square. Critics have long complained that the arrangement has divided his attention, to Twitter's detriment.

Additional reporting by The Associated Press.

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