Twitter taps CTO Agrawal to revive product focus Dorsey lacked


Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal is expected to bring a more product-focused approach to Twitter, a reverse of its sluggish rollout of features and technologies. — AFP/TWITTER

By naming Parag Agrawal as chief executive officer, Twitter Inc. is turning inward, choosing a low-profile technologist to steer a social network that has underperformed the market, haltingly introduced new products, and struggled to moderate harmful content under a leader long criticised for divided attention.

Agrawal, 37, was named on Monday to succeed co-founder Jack Dorsey after a four-year stint as CTO, a role where he oversaw Twitter’s pursuit of blockchain and other decentralised technologies.

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