One of Elon Musk’s first actions as the formal owner of the social media site was to remove top Twitter officials on Thursday. The New York Times, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other media outlets have reported that Musk fired the chief executive officer Parag Agrawal, the chief financial officer Ned Segal, the general counsel Sean Edgett, and the head of legal policy, trust, and safety Vijaya Gadde.
The deal is done, according to multiple sources, which is what gave Musk the mandate to clean house among the executive ranks. The Tesla CEO had previously criticized Gadde on his Twitter account, since she was involved in the decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the platform. He has also tangled with Agrawal. Publicly, Musk tweeted poop emojis at the CEO, who took over for founder Jack Dorsey late last year. It wasn’t much better in private, either. The two exchanged text messages that indicated a falling out, as revealed by chat logs disclosed in discovery in the legal battle between the billionaire and the social network.
Musk was rumored to say that he wants to cut 75% of Twitter’s staff, though he then backtracked that statement — still, gutting four execs on a Thursday night isn’t reassuring to the remaining Twitter employees. Even Twitter co-founder Biz Stone addressed the shake-up.
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