A top Indian-origin executive at the micro-blogging site Twitter resigned, the latest in a recent string of departures from the company, including former >CEO Dick Costolo.
Rishi Garg, the Vice President for Corporate Development and Strategy at Twitter, a role that put him in charge of the Mergers & Acquisition strategy, has announced his departure after a tenure of 13 months.
“After an amazing ride as Twitter’s VP Corporate Development and Strategy, I’m saying farewell today,” he tweeted yesterday.
Here are Mr.Garg's tweets on the issue:
2/ Our team has built a stronger Twitter with a dozen acquisitions in the last year including >@periscopeco , >@zipdial , >@tellapart , >@joinniche
— Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) >June 26, 2015 6/ Hats off to >@dickc for admirable leadership, humor, energy, and trust. >#ThankyouDickC
— Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) >June 26, 2015 7/ I can’t wait to witness the company’s next chapter under >@jack , a truly gifted leader and human being.
— Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) >June 26, 2015 8/ I’m off to pursue some exciting new projects; more soon! >#staytuned
— Rishi Garg (@rishigarg) >June 26, 2015Twitter did not immediately announce a replacement for Mr.Garg, whose departure comes just two week after Mr. Costolo announced he was stepping down as the company’s CEO. The latter was replaced by co-founder Jack Dorsey on an interim basis.
Other high-level departures over the last 18 months include, Product Chief Daniel Graf, > COO Ali Rowghani , and CFO Mike Gupta.
Published - June 27, 2015 11:11 am IST
