- General
- February 23, 2019
- 7 minutes read
Twitter’s Evan Williams To Step Down From Board
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Evan Williams Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch Twitter co-founder and former chief executive…
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| Twitter co-founder and former CEO Evan Williams
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Twitter co-founder and former chief executive Evan Williams is stepping down from the company’s board at the end of this month, as made known in a new SEC filing. “It’s been an incredible 13 years, and I’m proud of what Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company. I will continue rooting for the team as I focus my time on other projects.” Evan Williams said in the filing.
Williams – who is currently CEO of Medium, the popular online publishing platform he launched in 2012 – launched Twitter in 2007 with its current CEO Jack Dorsey and entrepreneur Biz Stone. He has served as both CEO and chairman at the company, stepping down as CEO in 2010. Williams sent out some tweets after news of his step-down from Twitter’s board came to light.
I’m very lucky to have served on the @Twitter board for 12 years (ever since there was a board). It’s been overwhelmingly interesting, educational—and, at times, challenging.— Ev Williams (@ev) February 22, 2019
Thank you, @jack and @biz for starting this crazy company with me—and continuing to make it better and better. And to my fellow board members, new and old—some of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever known.— Ev Williams (@ev) February 22, 2019
And, of course, thank you to the almost 4,000 Twitter employees who are doing the hard work every day.— Ev Williams (@ev) February 22, 2019
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| Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey
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After stepping down as CEO of Twitter, Williams launched Medium in 2012, an online publishing platform valued at a reported $600 million, with some $130 million in funding so far according to Crunchbase data. Investors in Medium include Greylock Partners, Alphabet’s GV, Lowercase Capital, Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz ans The Chernin Group.
Other Twitter board members include executive chairman Omid Kordestani, CEO Jack Dorsey, former Nigeria Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Black Entertainment Television (BET) CEO Debra Lee, former Google CFO Patrick Pichette, ex DoubleClick CEO David Rosenblatt, Salesforce president Bret Taylor, ex Goldman Sachs managing director Robert Zoellick, and ex Marks & Spencer board member Martha Lane Fox.
