Mining clues from Jack Dorsey's inner life, just as he seems poised to return in a larger capacity to the company he founded, Twitter.
Several recent reports suggest Jack Dorsey, who helped spawn Twitter years ago, could be returning to a much larger role in the company. Dorsey had been ousted from his role as CEO, supplanted by Evan Williams, and Dorsey went on to pursue a new venture with Square, the mobile payment company. But now that Williams has stepped down as CEO, yielding that position to Dick Costolo, Dorsey has become more involved at Twitter--and might be coming on full-time as something like Chief Product Officer.
All of which makes Vanity Fair's April profile by David Kirkpatrick very timely. We studied Kirkpatrick's profile, which you should read in its entirety here, for insights into why Chief Product Officer could be an ideal position for Dorsey--and why he might succeed or fail.
Several recent reports suggest Jack Dorsey, who helped spawn Twitter years ago, could be returning to a much larger role in the company. Dorsey had been ousted from his role as CEO, supplanted by Evan Williams, and Dorsey went on to pursue a new venture with Square, the mobile payment company. But now that Williams has stepped down as CEO, yielding that position to Dick Costolo, Dorsey has become more involved at Twitter--and might be coming on full-time as something like Chief Product Officer.
All of which makes Vanity Fair's April profile by David Kirkpatrick very timely. We studied Kirkpatrick's profile, which you should read in its entirety here, for insights into why Chief Product Officer could be an ideal position for Dorsey--and why he might succeed or fail.
- 3/24/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
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