[ditonal]

They were both fired because they were very expensive and a net negative on the company.

Dantley has an enormous ego, and that ego led to a bunch of fluff PR pieces commissioned where he bashed other employees which started a civil war. The guy who did the Google comic for years went to Twitter and made a comic about the civil war and HR accused him of racism (the comic was not racist) and made him take it down.

Montara made like 20 million a year but did absolutely nothing but send an email about the important of diversity every few months.

Only reason these guys weren’t fired a long time ago is that the previous Twitter CEO was totally checked out and obsessed with bitcoin. New CEO knows what’s going and and is cleaning house.

I don’t work at Twitter but I’m close to many who do so this is grapevine gossip.

[_coveredInBees]

Good to know. I knew Parag (the CEO) a bit from college (we both graduated the same year) and he was a very nice, humble and ridiculously sharp guy. Not at all surprised to see him rise to CEO and honestly, it feels like a much much better pick than your traditional MBA old-boys-club career CEO. Time will tell but I found it refreshing to see someone immensely technical (Parag won Gold in the international Physics Olympiad as a high schooler) being promoted from within and making it all the way to the top.

[daqhris]

It's infuriating how information about his track record is less saught for and discussed publicly.

With what you've just added about Parag, I now see him as someone mistakenly judged, someone who's not given a chance or the benefit of doubt. Can't wait to marvel at the good decisions this stellar and technically-fit person will take as Twitter CEO.

Jack Dorsey may have selected the most logical executive in the board room with a decade's worth of familiarity with the company and its products.