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indian techies in Silicon

valley and the importance of being

Parag agraWal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently gave a shout out to Indian talent after Parag Agrawal

replaced Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s new CEO

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San Jose, CA

witter’s new CEO Parag
Agrawal hopes to extend the
Tsocial networking site’s reach
under his tenure while making con-
tinued progress while providing ex-
citing opportunities in challenging
times.
“I’m grateful for the service that
you built, the culture, soul, and pur-
pose you fostered among us and for
leading the company through really
significant challenges,” Parag post-
ed on Twitter thanking Jack Dorsey.
“The world is watching us right now,
even more than they have before.
Lots of people are going to have lots
of different views about today’s news.
It is because they care about Twitter
and our future, and it’s a signal that
the work we do matte. Let’s show the
world Twitter’s full potential,” he fur-
ther added. Parag Agrawal Jack Dorsey
Parag expressed his gratitude to-
wards Jack Dorsey for his mentorship
and friendship. bled in artificial intelligence. Indian-origin techies. With this, Twitter is the new ad-
“The world is watching us right Earlier, Dorsey announced that The 37-year-old computer sci- dition to the tech giants to be led by
now, even more than they have be- he was resigning as CEO of Twitter entist with a PhD from Stanford will an Indian.
fore. Lots of People are going to have and that Agrawal was replacing him. take over the CEO of the microblog- Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon
lots of different views and opinions “Parag has been behind every ging site immediately, following Jack Musk recently gave a shout out to
about today’s news. It is because they critical decision that helped turn Dorsey’s surprise resignation. Agraw- Indian talent after Parag Agrawal re-
care about Twitter and future, and it’s this company around. He’s curious, al has joined the likes of Google CEO placed Jack Dorsey as Twitter’s new
a signal that the wire we do here ma- probing, rational, creative, demand- Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya CEO.
ter. Let’s show the world Twitter’s full ing, self-aware and humble,” Dorsey Nadella and IBM CEO Arvind Krish- Musk replied to a tweet by Stripe
potential,” he further started. posted on his Twitter account. na, who all are at the helm of global CEO Patrick Collison, who congrat-
Parag, aged 37, is an alumnus of Earlier, Twitter was created by tech. ulated Parag and highlighted that six
the Indian Institute of Technology Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, There are several other Indians US tech giants are now run by Indi-
Mumbai where he did his Bachelors in and Evan Williams in March 2006 at top of global firms. Rajeev Suri an-origin CEOs. “Google, Microsoft,
Engineering in computer science. He and launched in July of that year was elevated to President and CEO Adobe, IBM, Palo Alto Networks,
moved to the US for further studies, which went on to become one of the of Nokia in April 2014 after Micro- and now Twitter are run by CEOs
with his doctorate coming from Stan- accompanied technology entrepre- soft acquired the company. who grew up in India. It is wonder-
ford University based in California. neurs. Dorsey will stay on the board While Shantanu Narayen has ful to watch the amazing success of
Further, Parag joined Twitter in of the San Francisco-based company been heading Adobe as CEO since Indians in the technology world; it is
2011. Before that, he briefly worked until his term expires in 2022. 2007, SanDisk was co-founded by a good reminder of the opportunity
at Microsoft, AT&T and Yahoo. In The elevation of Parag Agrawal Indian-American businessman San- America offers to immigrants. (Con-
all three companies, his work was as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of jay Mehrotra. Nikesh Arora, the ex- grats, @paraga!),” Collison wrote.
mostly research-oriented. Initially, Twitter has once again highlighted CEO of investment firm Softbank Musk responded to Collison’s
at Twitter, he worked on ad-related the fact that many prominent global now heads security firm Palo Alto post by saying, “USA benefits greatly
products, but gradually he also dab- technology companies are headed by Networks as its chairman and CEO. from Indian talent!”

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