With Stalling Growth, Twitter's COO Tweets His ResignationNo replacement will be named as Ali Rowghani's responsibilities will be redistributed among other executives.
ByGeoff Weiss•
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How didTwitter's chief operating officer announce his resignation earlier this morning? Via tweet, of course.
"It's been an amazing ride, and I will cherish the memories,"wroteAli Rowghani, who initially joined the company in 2010 as CFO. The company's CEO, Dick Costolo, responded in kind:
@ROWGHANIThank you for being an incredible executive & partner. Twitter could not have succeeded without you.
— dick costolo (@dickc)June 12, 2014
The management shakeup within Twitter's top echelons was initially reported byRecode, which noted that Rowghani hadfailed to grow usersand innovate the platform, and also that a recent stock sale of 300,000 shares for $9.9 million raised eyebrows.
Board members were also "chafed," perRecode, about aWall Street Journalprofile in April that referred to Rowghani as "Mr. Fix-It" and "co-CEO among employees."
Twitter confirmed Rowghani's resignation from the COO spot inan SEC filingtoday. "[He] will continue to be a Twitter employee and act as a strategic advisor to the CEO," the company said. "Twitter does not intend to hire a replacement for the COO role, and all of Mr. Rowghani's operating responsibilities will be assumed by other members of the Twitter management team."
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