Elon Musk has dismissed Parag Agrawal as the head of Twitter. According to unnamed sources cited by the Washington Post and CNBC, he also dismissed the company’s CFO and head of safety. The Tesla CEO was previously held to the terms of a settlement by Agrawal in court when he attempted to renege on them.
The takeover occurred hours ahead of Musk’s court-imposed deadline to finalize his on-again, off-again agreement to buy the social media network. Earlier today, Musk tweeted that he was purchasing Twitter “because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner.”
When contacted about the resignation of its senior executives, Twitter did not respond right once, but co-founder Biz Stone praised — Agrawal, Ned Segal and Vijaya Gadde — for their “collective contribution to Twitter.” “Massive talents, all, and beautiful humans each.”
