 deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has already set about putting his stamp on the company. The Tesla billionaire has made no secret of his desire for root and branch change at the social media company, and began late on Thursday by sacking Parag Agrawal, its chief executive, and three other senior staff. Here are the key players at and around Twitter, and their fate now Musk is at the helm. Twitter's current chief executive, 38, who was installed to replace founder Jack Dorsey late last year. The company's former chief technology officer quickly clashed with Musk after the billionaire made his move to buy Twitter. Musk even tweeted a 'pile of poo' emoji at the top Twitter man after he attempted to explain Twitter's attempts to deal with spam accounts. Musk was also highly critical of Agrawal in texts between the two, asking him 'what did you get done this week?' and calling talks 'a waste of time'. Still, in many ways Agrawal comes out of the deal the real winner. He is expected to make $42m in the takeover after forcing Musk to go ahead at the previously agreed price even after stock markets tumbled around the world. Chief legal officer at Twitter and in charge of safety, Gadde came in for harassment from fans of Musk after he criticised her decision to block the New York Post over a story it wrote about President Joe Biden's son. Musk tweeted: 'Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organisation for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate.' It is unsurprising she is among the first to go. As legal chief, she would have helped spearhead Twitter's legal attacks and strategy to force Musk to go through with the takeover. Gadde cried during a meeting in April that was called to discuss potential changes at Twitter after Musk's takeover was agreed. She has also been overall in charge of safety on the site, with Musk making clear he is not happy about how Twitter balances moderation and free expression. She){kind=link}
Sackings include chief executive Parag Agrawal and Vijaya Gadde, chief legal officer who cried when deal was announced
Having sealed a $44bn (£38bn) deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk has already set about putting his stamp on the company.
The Tesla billionaire has made no secret of his desire for root and branch change at the social media company, and began late on Thursday by sacking Parag Agrawal, its chief executive, and three other senior staff.
Here are the key players at and around Twitter, and their fate now Musk is at the helm.
Twitter’s current chief executive, 38, who was installed to replace founder Jack Dorsey late last year. The company’s former chief technology officer quickly clashed with Musk after the billionaire made his move to buy Twitter.