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In Silicon Valley,Dorsey is not really knownas a hands-on executive in the Mark Zuckerberg mold.
Inside Twitter, that attitude trickled down.
And many had tried.
So when Elliott came to Twitter last year, Dorsey looked like a dead man walking.
That this came right before the pandemic, when Twitters influence would balloon, was pure dumb luck.
Dorsey has had a complicated relationship with the company that made him one of Silicon Valleys most iconic founders.
He seemed to be more focused on Square, his payments company.
He was long reluctant to assess any role Twitter may have played in the rise of Donald Trump.
But still, the last year for Dorsey was a good one.
Cohn was officiallyreplacedin June, which seemed to have defused the activist threat.
In his letter, Dorsey said Agrawal was behind every critical decision that helped turn this company around.
Ive decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders.
My trust in Parag as Twitters CEO is deep, Dorsey said in a statement.
Its his time to lead.
