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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Parag Agrawal

Parag Agrawal was born on 21 May 1984 in Mumbai, India, and is an IIT Mumbai alumnus.

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He did his schools from the Atomic Energy Central School, Mumbai, and was a fellow student of the Indian playback singer Shreya Ghoshal.

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Parag Agrawal has done PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

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Parag won the International Physics Olympiad held in Turkey in 2001 and was awarded a gold medal for the feat.

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Prior to joining Twitter, Parag Agrawal, had a brief stint and held leadership positions at Microsoft, Yahoo and AT&T.

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Agrawal joined Twitter in October 2011 as a Distinguished Software Engineer.

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In October 2017, Twitter announced Agrawal as chief technology officer (CTO).

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On November 29, 2021, Agrawal became the CEO of Twitter, Inc.

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As CEO, Agrawal was awarded annual compensation of $1 million as well as stock compensation worth $12.5 million.

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Agrawal was fired as CEO once Elon Musk completed his acquisition of the company on October 27, 2022.

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