IIT grad Parag Agarwal takes charge as Twitter CEO

-


New Delhi

Continuing the global trend, the Indian origin Parag Agarwal has been appointed the new CEO of Twitter with its maverick founder Jack Dorsey calling it quits. This has added to the list of global technology companies Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks being headed by the Indians. Dorsey ended the long-standing speculation about him as @Jack, Dorsey's handle for 18 years, suddenly said on Monday: "not sure anyone has heard but," and attached a one-page version of why he is quitting and who succeeds him.

Indian-American Parag Agarwal, Twitter @paraga, is the new CEO, with immediate effect, Dorsey announced.

Agarwal who has with Twitter for 10 years is from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mumbai, and IIT Mumbai. He did his doctoral degree from Stanford.

Dorsey's note attacked the concept of "founder-led". The construct sets companies up for failure, he said.

Dorsey, 45, was serving as both the CEO of Twitter and Square, his digital payments company. He will remain a member of the Board until his term expires at the 2022 meeting of stockholders.

"I've decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders," Dorsey said.

"Deep gratitude for @jack and our entire team, and so much excitement for the future," Agarwal said in a quote-tweet of Dorsey, with a short acceptance note attached, a #oneteam tag and a heart emoji in blue.

Agrawal, CTO since 2017, has a big task ahead: he will have to drive Twitter's stated goal of monetization for one - 315 million monetisable daily active users by the end of 2023 and doubling of annual revenue.

Agrawal's specialization is strategy involving artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Also Read: Shahnawaz, Emad are rejuvenating Kashmiri carpets

During his studying at Stanford, Agarwal worked as a research intern for Microsoft, Yahoo!, and AT&T Labs.

After Agarwal joined Twitter as an ads engineer and remained on this position from from October 2011 to October 2017.

His early work as CTO was dedicated to increasing the relevance of tweets in Twitter timelines through the use of artificial intelligence.

Comments

Post a Comment

If you have any doubt, let me know

Popular posts from this blog

Bigg Boss 15': Contestants face prize money deduction to re-enter house

-
Image
Mumbai In the last episode of 'Bigg Boss 15', contestants got a straightforward lesson from 'Bigg Boss' for not taking the game seriously. They were sent to the jungle and two eviction slots were opened. However, there is no end to the agony of 'Junglewasis' as they received yet another announcement. The contestants have been divided into pairs. Each pair has a chance to gain entry in the main house using the 'access ticket', but it comes at a cost. The pairs not only have to win the assigned task but also face a deduction of a certain amount from their prize money should they re-enter the main house. Moreover, the jungle will also start taking away the necessities required for survival. The contestants thus have no choice but to face the deductions and try to enter the main house. Jay Bahushali and Pratik Sehajpal, who have been rivals since day one, started working together as a team. They are on a mission to not let anybody win and Pratik starts ruini
Read more

Kalam's biographer has fond memories of his Guru

-
Image
Shreshtha Tiwari/Chennai Scientist Nellai S Muthu worked with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam for 40 years from 1963 to 1980. While Dr Kalam was the project director at ISRO, Muthu joined as a scientist in 1973. They remained in touch with each other even after Dr Kalam had moved to DRDO. Muthu has written and translated four books on Kalam. Muthu translated Kalam’s  India 2020 vision  in Tamil and also wrote a biography of Dr Kalam. He is one of the members of the Advisory board of the APJ Abdul Kalam Foundation. Going down the memory lane, Muthu says, “My first informal meeting with him was in Trivandrum (1989) during his visit to Vikram Sarabhai space centre visit. This was when ASLV underwent a failure. I had written a book called  Vanathai Allapom  (Measure the Sky) back then and had sent a copy of it to him. During this visit, he recalled the book during tea time. “Every time he visited Sriharikota during 1997-2008, I met him. Also during his visits to Chennai, we met. During one of his visit
Read more

Srinagar Church restoration brings hope to Valley

-
Image
Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar   In restoring and conserving a dilapidated, abandoned, and decaying Church, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation has not only revived a place of worship for the handful of local Christians but also preserved Valley’s architectural heritage and traditions of harmony. The 125-year-old Saint Luke’s Church in Dal Gate area, close to the Lake by that name, will have its first mass for the devout on Christmas after 30 years. The carol singing happened at its online inauguration by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha. The church was built in 1896 on the southwest slope of Shri Shankaracharya Hill on top of which is located the famous Shiva temple.   According to Athar Aamir Khan, Commissioner, Srinagar Municipality, a lot of credit for the restoration of this building goes to local artisans who reworked the Khatamband ceiling of this church, a unique feature of local art. Khatamband is a roof made of designer wooden tiles. The church building is otherwise a Gothic structure. An insid
Read more