New Delhi: Parag Agarwal, the newly-appointed CEO of microblogging site Twitter showed signs of making it big early on in life. Not only was he one of the brightest, he was also very well behaved and a focussed student.
An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay from 2001 to 2005, had topped in his department. Parag was focused from the very start, recalls Prof Supratim Biswas, Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. “We get only toppers in IIT Bombay and to top within them needs special calibre,” News 18 reported Biswas as saying.
The professor recalled Agarwal to be a “well behaved, focused” student. “No wonder he has reached such an important position at a young age,” he added calling Agarwal, “extremely organised” and “topper material”.
He had also obtained a young alumnus award from IIT Bombay for his achievements. After completing his BTech from IIT-Bombay, Agarwal pursued PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
Parag completed his schooling at Atomic Energy Central School in 2001. He won a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad in Turkey.
Parag, who has been associated with Twitter since 2011 was its CTO by 2017. He is being referred to as one of the ‘first choices’ of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey to take his position.
Before joining Twitter in 2011, he held leadership positions at Microsoft Research and Yahoo! Research. He was one of the youngest CEOs in S&P 500. rd Medical School.
Taking on the new role as Twitter’s CEO, Agrawal said, “I look forward to building on everything we have accomplished under Jack’s leadership and I am incredibly energized by the opportunities ahead. By continuing to improve our execution, we will deliver tremendous value for our customers and shareholders as we reshape the future of public conversation.”
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