Twitter Co-Founder Steps Down As CEO
It took Evan Williams, co-founder of Twitter, a lot more than 140 characters to explain why he is stepping down as CEO. In his two-year tenure at the top, Twitter has grown from three million users to 160 million. And Williams apparently has outgrown the Tweet — it took him a seven-paragraph, blog post to explain his departure.
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It took the co-founder of Twitter a lot more than 140 characters to explain yesterday, why he was stepping down as CEO. In Evan Williams's two-years at the top, Twitter has grown from three million users to 160 million. And Williams apparently has outgrown the Tweet. He needed a seven-paragraph, blog post to describe his next move. But here it is in 38 characters: going to focus on product development. Follow us @MorningEdition.
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