'Happy Day': Indians Excited as Parag Agrawal Appointed Twitter CEO

Jack Dorsey stepped down as Twitter's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on Monday, announcing his resignation in an email and informing that Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal will take over as the new CEO.

A day after Twitter's board appointed Parag Agrawal as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, a lot of people have taken to social media to cherish the moment and greet their fellow Indian.

In a congratulatory message, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a spokesperon for India’s main opposition party Congress, said that Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO, "kept on committing harakiri", and Agrawal's promotion marked a positive development.

Throughout his career, @jack Dorsey kept on commiting harakiri. The 10 percent surge in @Twitter shares reflects the level of happiness & optimism on this new development.

Congratulations to @paraga for being appointed as the new CEO.

— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) November 30, 2021

Many Indian Twitter users are taking pride in Agrawal's appointment as Twitter CEO , saying that most of the top international companies, inclduing Google and Microsoft, now have Indians at the helm.

Proud Indian 🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳
Another indian became CEO of global company.
Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO. IIT Bombay graduate #ParagAgarwal named as the next CEO.@paraga @Twitter @TwitterIndia pic.twitter.com/Fsl6rloW1h

— VICKY MANHAS (@VICKYMA34938144) November 30, 2021

Indian Origin Parag Agrawal to take over as CEO of Twitter.

And now:

Twitter- Parag Agarwal
Google - Sundar Pichai
Microsoft - Satya Nadella
IBM - Arvind Krishna
Adobe- Shantanu Narayen
VMWare - Raghu Raghuram pic.twitter.com/ZN05HPo2cr

— sapbiology (@sapbio12) November 30, 2021

Feeling pride for the CEOs? They've flown out because they couldn't even dream of reaching such heights being in India. Create opportunities, create an ambience here to dream. Don't simply boast of their origin. We've not contributed a bit in that.#ParagAgarwal #SundarPichai

— ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ್ ಸತ್ಯನಾರಾಯಣ | Kalyan Sathyanarayana (@kallus6430) November 30, 2021

Sharing his excitement about yet another Indian being named as CEO of a top company, one netizen said that he is expecting more features to come in Twitter.

I waked up in the morning and I seen the news that @Twitter CEO has changed and I was😳. After seen the name of new CEO @paraga , I was excited because of another Indian ruling the top company. #TwitterCEO #ParagAgarwal

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— Akash Janakiraman (@AkashIyer28) November 30, 2021

I am expecting now, more features will come in twitter to showcase the twitter world. Proud of twitter💯. Happy Day!! @paraga @TwitterIndia#TwitterCEO #ParagAgarwal
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— Akash Janakiraman (@AkashIyer28) November 30, 2021

One user even thanked God for Dorsey's resignation as he said that the new CEO is better.

Thanks God that this @jack is out!
Hopefully the new India born CEO Parag Agarwal is better and balanced than him. https://t.co/eTCCsyU59D

— Arjun (@arjunghosh) November 30, 2021

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a moment to appreciate Agrawal's appointment too, saying that the US "benefits greatly from Indian talent".

What Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Has To Say About Indian Talent After Parag Agrawal Becomes Twitter CEO

THREAD pic.twitter.com/GKEbf9BvOy

— Shobhit Sharma (@ScriptKKiddie) November 30, 2021

Agrawal, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Mumbai) graduate, previously served as Twitter's Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

He joined the company in 2011 after briefly working at AT&T, Yahoo and Microsoft. In 2017, Agrawal became Twitter's CTO. It is believed that his expertise as an engineer lies in artificial intelligence (AI) and ad networks, both of which are crucial for a company like Twitter.