The result has implications for not just the company's 5,500 employees, but the world. CEO consultants who specialize in diversity, equity, and inclusion say Agrawal could make Twitter a company that promotes truth and equity, or let the progress Dorsey made slip through the cracks. With Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal, assuming power, the tech giant is at a crossroads. Black and Latino people collectively represent just 11% of leaders (though Twitter has announced a goal to have 25% of its executives be people of color or women by 2025). The company's internal diversity numbers also still miss the mark. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University and to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp.īut Twitter has struggled with representation and inclusion among its ranks for years, as evidenced by controversies such as a frat-themed company party and a report that an executive had told an Asian employee she could pass as white if she wore sunglasses. But the platform has also been used to amplify misinformation, violent political rhetoric, and harassment.ĭorsey has become a notable social-justice and antiracism advocate, speaking out about the importance of diversity and donating millions of dollars to Ibram X. The tech entrepreneur created the internet's premier forum for public conversation he democratized how news is shared.
Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey leaves behind a complicated legacy as he steps down as CEO. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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