Elon Musk sacked Parag Agarwal as Twitter CEO as a result of…

Parag Agarwal, who misplaced his job as Twitter CEO days after Elon Musk’s October 2022 acquisition of the social media big, was sacked as a result of Agarwal, Musk opined, was not a ‘fire-breathing dragon,’ a brand new ebook has revealed.

The ebook, a biography of the billionaire titled after him, is authored by Walter Isaacson and is ready to be revealed on September 12. Recently, The Wall Street Journal revealed an excerpt from the biography; the story sheds mild on an Agarwal-Musk dinner meet from March final 12 months, days earlier than the latter, on April 14, made a suggestion to Twitter to buy the corporate, ultimately closing the deal at $44 billion on October 27.

What Elon Musk stated about Parag Agarwal?

This is what the world’s richest particular person stated concerning the then-Twitter CEO after the assembly: “He is a really nice guy, but managers should not aim to be liked. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon and Parag is not that.”

Bret Taylor, the corporate’s then board chair, was the third one that attended the dinner.

Isaacson, an ex-AE Daily News CEO and former Time editor, spent three years trailing Musk for the biography.

Who is the present Twitter CEO?

After terminating Agarwal, Musk himself took over because the CEO. In June, former NBCUniversal govt Linda Yaccarino was appointed to the submit, and is the incumbent chief govt.

Also, in July, the San Francisco-headquartered agency bought rebranded to X Corp.