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Elon Musk Allegedly Sent Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Warning Text: Reports
Elon Musk before walking out of the merger agreement texted Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on June 28 to warn him that the company's attorneys were attempting to "cause trouble," according to recent reports. "Your lawyers are using these conversations to cause trouble. That needs to stop," read Musk's text. Musk posted the remark when Twitter asked him how he planned to fund the Twitter acquisition.
Tags: Elon Musk, Twitter, merger agreement, Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal
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Twitter Slammed with $150 Mn Penalty Over 'Data Privacy Breach'
Twitter is ordered to pay $150 million as penalty for "data privacy breach", happened over a span of six years. The settlement was announced by the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission, which also alleged that Twitter "deceived the users as to how well it maintained their privacy and security". They alleged, Twitter failed to disclose that the email addresses and phone numbers will be used to send targeted ads.
Tags: Twitter, Data Privacy Breach, Targeted Ads, FTC, Parag Agrawal
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Twitter Offers Elon Musk Seat In Board Of Directors; Musk Declines
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said that the company's leading stakeholder Elon Musk, will not join the board of directors. Tesla CEO Musk, who also own the most stake in Twitter, was expected to officially be inducted into the board on April 9. However, Musk decided to take things differently. According to Agrawal, the board offered Musk a seat, hoping that he's the "path forward".
Tags: Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal, Twitter, board of directors, Tesla
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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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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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