Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey quit as CEO on Monday. Dorsey, who pioneered the microblogging platform, has been through a number of challenges while at the helm of Twitter — from controversies surrounding Donald Trump to internal pressure to step down as CEO.
Jack Dorsey on Monday stepped down as the chief executive officer of Twitter, the social media firm he helped found in 2006 and steered through a high-profile hack and the controversial banning of former US President Donald Trump. Dorsey, who also helms fintech firm Square, will be succeeded by Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal. Here is a timeline of milestones in Dorsey tenure at Twitter: 2006: Typed out the microblogging platform’s first post: “just setting up my twttr”. 2008: Co-founder Evan Williams took over as CEO after the board pushed Dorsey out.
