Jack Dorsey resigns from his position as Director General of Twitter

The co-founder of the social network had taken up the head of the company in October 2015, while continuing to direct his other company, the Square payments specialist.

Le Monde with AFP

The General Manager and Co-Founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, resigned from his position as Director General of the Social Network, was he learned on Monday, November 29, confirming A Information from the American channel CNBC .

“I’m not sure someone has heard about it, but I resigned from Twitter,” Tweeted Jack Dorsey.

NOT SURE ANYONE HAS HEARD GOAL,
I Resigned from Twitter https://t.co/g5tukssxkl

– jack (@ jack⚡️)

Since his return to the head of the company in October 2015, the contractor was regularly criticized for not having dropped the reins of his other company, the Square mobile payments specialist, to devote himself only to Twitter.

Become a billionaire in 2013 with the IPO of its social network, Mr. Dorsey is thus at the head today of a fortune estimated at $ 11.8 billion by the Forbes magazine site. He had already made a first visit as General Manager of Twitter between 2007 and 2008, but had finally been evinced by the Board of Directors, dissatisfied with his management.

The market has, as a first step, favorably reacted information, the Twitter title taking 4.16% in the first exchanges in Wall Street. However, its quotation was suspended shortly after Monday waiting for an announcement, said the Nasdaq Exchange.

/Media reports.