SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter appointed Bret Taylor, a former senior executive at Facebook, to its board, continuing a makeover of its board of directors as it struggles to rev up its growth.
Mr.
Taylor, who joins Twitter’s board as its 10th member, served as
Facebook’s chief technical officer from 2009 to 2012 before leaving the
company to help found Quip, a workplace productivity start-up. Before
Facebook, Mr. Taylor was a product manager for Google.
“Twitter
is the fastest way to find out what’s happening, and beneath its
simplicity lies a very sophisticated set of technology,” Mr. Taylor, 35,
said in a statement. “I hope to bring my knowledge and experiences to
bear to help Jack and the board push Twitter and its services forward.”
Twitter’s
board has been in flux since last year, when Jack Dorsey returned to
the company, which he helped found, to take over again as its chief
executive.
Since Mr. Dorsey’s reinstatement,
Twitter has made a series of changes to its board, including recruiting
people like Omid Kordestani, a former high-ranking Google executive, and Debra Lee, chairman and chief executive of BET. Other longstanding directors, like Peter Chernin and Peter Currie, left the board voluntarily this year.
Source: New York Times
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