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Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Exits As Twitter Board Of Directors
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced to step down from the Twitter Board of Directors. The announcement came on May 25, after the annual shareholder meeting. With Dorsey's exit from the Board of Directors, he is no more a part of the microblogging-site, which is now owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Notably, the talk of Jack's exit was in place since he stepped down as Twitter CEO in 2021.
Tags: Jack Dorsey, Twitter, board of directors, Stepped Down, Former CEO
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Twitter's New CEO Parag Agrawal To Receive $1 Million Annual Salary
India-born Parag Agrawal, after becoming the new CEO of Twitter, will now receive USD 1 million annual salary with other perks and bonuses. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company revealed Agrawal's salary details. Notably, he joined Twitter in 2011 as a software engineer. Before Agrawal, Jack Dorsey, the company's co-founder, was the CEO of Twitter for the last 16 years.
Tags: Parag Agrawal, Twitter, Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, microblogging
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Kangana Bids Farewell To Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey; Says, 'Bye Chacha Jack'
Popular for controversial tweets, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, on November 30, bid goodbye to Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO, in a hilarious manner. She took to her Instagram handle and shared a screenshot of Jack Dorsey's resignation, with a caption that read, "Bye Chacha (uncle) Jack." Notably, Ranaut's Twitter handle was permanently banned in May 2021, due to her controversial tweets, violating Twitter guidelines.
Tags: Kangana Ranaut, Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Instagram , Bollywood
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Elon Musk Tweets About Parag Agrawal; Twitter's New CEO Of Indian-Origin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on November 30, tweeted about the new CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal. His tweet read, "USA benefits greatly from Indian talent." Elon Musk replied to a tweet, which said how Indian-origin people are leading top companies in USA. After resignation of Jack Dorsey, Parag Agrawal is the new name in the list of Indian Origin CEOs, like Sundar Pichai, Arvind Krishna, Shantanu Narayen and Satya Nadela.
Tags: Elon Musk, Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal, Sundar Pichai, Jack Dorsey
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Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey Jam Over "Crypto" Tweet
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's support and praise towards cryptocurrency get more apparent after a short-term "crypto"… read-more
Tags: Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cryptocurrency, Tweet, Tesla
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Jack Dorsey's Square To Launch Banking Services For Small Businesses
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey owned Square Inc. which enables sellers to accept card payments is now launching banking services for small businesses. Apart from offering businesses savings and checking accounts, Square banking will also offer loans to small and medium businesses through Square Loans. The aim is to attract small business owners who have been struggling to gain access from big banks.
Tags: Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, Finance, Small and Medium Business, Banking
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates Rs110 Cr To Help India In COVID Crisis
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced to have donated over Rs 110 ($15mn) crore to help India in the COVID-19 crisis. The donation have been split among three NGOs - Care ($10mn), Aid India ($2.5mn) and Sewa International USA ($2.5mn). All the three NGOs will be jointly working to set up temporary COVID care centres, provide oxygen and other medical supplies along with reaching out to marginalized communities.
Tags: Twitter, Jack Dorsey, NGO, India, donation, COVID-19 Relief
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Twitter Service Down For Twice In A Day; Affects Thousands Globally
The services of micro-blogging website 'Twitter' went down on April 17 affecting thousands of users. Reportedly, many users were unable to access their account while receiving messages like "Something went wrong. Please try again" and "Cannot retrieve Tweets at this time." The outage affected the users for the second time in a day, as earlier, Twitter assured of working to solve the technical issue. Notably, 40,000 users were affected… read-more
Tags: Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Services, Social Media, Outage
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Twitter Founder-CEO Jack Dorsey's 1st Tweet Auctioned For Rs 21 Crore
Micro-blogging site Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet, dated March 21, 2006, was auctioned for Rs 21 crore on March 22. The text that read, "just setting up my twttr" was bought by Malaysia-based businessman and CEO of Bridge Oracle Sina Estavi. The tweet was sold against consideration in cryptocurrency Ether and will still be publicly available on Twitter. About Dorsey's tweet, Estavi predicted its value to surge like the… read-more
Tags: Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Sina Estavi, Bridge Oracle, Cryptocurrency
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Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Clocks All-Time High; Cross $60,000+
The Bitcoin value touched an all-time high of $60,012 during the trading day on March 13. Reportedly, the corporate-backed cryptocurrency's value increased many folds since March 2020, when it stood at $5,000. Seeing the rise, online payment platform PayPal has said to encourage its account holders to use the cryptocurrency. Launched in 2009, Bitcoin recently received $1.5 billion investments by Tesla’s Elon Musk, while Twitter’s Jack Dorsey… read-more
Tags: Bitcoin, Elon Musk, Cryptocurrency, Jack Dorsey, Jay-Z
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