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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Steps Down, Jack Dorsey Appointed Interim CEO
Moments ago, what many thought was inevitable with the stock trading just $1 above its 52-week low and just over 50% below its all time high, finally happened when Twitter issued a press release stating that CEO Dick Costello has decided to step down, leading to an immediate surge in the stock, and the obligatory tweet:
Welcome back, @jack !! https://t.co/3papmyUKg0
— dick costolo (@dickc) June 11, 2015
From the release:
On June 11, 2015, Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) announced that Richard Costolo has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, effective July 1, 2015. Twitter’s Board of Directors has named Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer while the Board conducts a search for Twitter’s next CEO. Mr. Costolo will continue to serve on Twitter’s Board of Directors, and Mr. Dorsey will continue to serve as CEO of Square, Inc., the payments and financial services company he co-founded in 2009.
Mr. Dorsey, 38, is one of Twitter’s co-founders and has served as the Chairman of Twitter’s Board of Directors since October 2008 and as a member of the Board of Directors since May 2007. Mr. Dorsey served as Twitter’s President and Chief Executive Officer from May 2007 to October 2008. Since February 2009, Mr. Dorsey has served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Square, Inc. Mr. Dorsey currently serves on the boards of directors of The Walt Disney Company and Square, Inc.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Dorsey and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as Interim Chief Executive Officer. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Dorsey and any director or executive officer of Twitter and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Twitter entered into an offer letter with Mr. Dorsey on June 11, 2015, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference. Mr. Dorsey has agreed to forego all forms of direct compensation until the Compensation Committee of Twitter’s Board of Directors agrees upon a compensation package for him at the same time that it conducts its annual assessment and setting of executive compensation later in the year.
In connection with his change in roles, Mr. Costolo entered into a letter agreement (“Letter Agreement”) with Twitter agreeing to cancel all of his remaining unvested equity after July 1, 2015. After such date, Mr. Costolo will be entitled to the compensation set forth in Twitter’s Outside Director Compensation Policy, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit 10.23 to Twitter’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2014. The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Letter Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.
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Nobody likes me either.
twit (noun): a stupid, annoying, or foolish person
Dick did come across rather weakly.
In this bizzaro world, when a CEO quits, the stock rises.
Until a few years go, in the normal world, when a CEO of any company quit, stock would have gone down!
Who would have known that in this bizzaro drug filled algo traded totally fake world, computers would think that replacing a CEO is a good thing....
SELL SELL SELL
smart, admirable guy.
Be interesting to see where he heads next.
His comments regarding Periscope after the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight made him sound like an idiot.
How is straight into the toilet, interesting?
He's an idiot, or he would not have quit...
He must be dirty..
fuck twitter.
if you use a pc to access this site install peerblock software and then attempt to access this site again.
Small prediction ... by this time next year expenses for upper management will have doubled, growth numbers will not.
Nice job DICK, thanks for all the TWATS you gave a fucking voice to. How pathetic are you that your companies stock price went up after announcing your resignation. Just think if you announced you lost your virginity where the stock would be..I think I saw a half dead squirrel you might have a shot at busting a nut with.
Matt drudge " next 18 months going to be everything. More than campaign news. Obamas scorched earth exit. You have been warned"
Just say NO to social media. It's not worth it.
this site is social media.
Barely. That's not your real name and that's not a real photo; but I still love y'all bitchez anyway.
I saw that; not sure what he is getting at other than implying POTUS has any real power.
Is he gay?
twuck fitter.
FUCK YOU YELLEN!!!