As fulltime CEO, Jack Dorsey wants to make Twitter 'great' and impact the world
He has been interim CEO for some time now, but today Jack Dorsey has been officially appointed as CEO of Twitter. Three months after Dick Costolo stepped down from the role, Dorsey is now the head of not only Square, but also Twitter, bringing to an end months of rumor and speculation.
As one of the founders of the company, Dorsey has an unrivalled knowledge of where Twitter comes from, what is at its heart, and where it should be heading. The board of Twitter is due for an overhaul, and one of the first announcements is the appointment of Adam Bain as COO, but there are almost certainly more exciting announcements on the horizon.
An SEC filing says that "Mr. Dorsey was selected to serve on the Board because of the perspective and experience he brings as one of Twitter's founders and as one of Twitter’s largest stockholders, as well as his extensive experience with technology companies". Dorsey publicized his new permanent position, of course, via Twitter:
We are naming @adambain COO of Twitter, we're working to change the composition of our Board, and I will serve as CEO of Twitter and Square!
— Jack (@jack) October 5, 2015
Speaking of the workers he heads at Twitter and Square, Dorsey said "I have the smartest, strongest, and most determined leaders in the world on my teams". He went on to set out Twitter's raison d'être:
Twitter stands for freedom of expression. We stand for speaking truth to power. And we stand for empowering dialogue [...] Twitter is the most powerful communications tool of our time. It shows everything the world is saying rn…10-15 minutes before anything else.
Looking to the future, he says: "We're working hard at Twitter to focus our roadmap on a few things we can make really great. And we're strengthening our team along the way", expressing the desire to make the service easy for everyone in the world to understand.
What happens next? For now, it's business as usual. We'll have to wait a little while to see if and when Dorsey gives the go-ahead for tweets with more than 140 characters.
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