Monday, June 15, 2015

Snoop Dogg wants to be Twitter's CEO

Rapper, actor, director, writer, coach and entrepreneur, Snoop Dogg has accomplished quite a bit in his 23 year career. Now, there is more little item that he would like to add to that impressive resume. He wants to be the next CEO (chief executive officer) of the micro-blog site Twitter. He announced his desire to on Twitter with a simple:
Im ready to lead @twitter !! #SnoopforCEO
You might be wondering what prompted him to make such an announcement? He heard that the current CEO, Dick Costolo, of the popular microblog site announced that he will be stepping down at the start of next month. Until they find a new person to take over the position, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will keep the seat warm.
"I am tremendously proud of the Twitter team and all that the team has accomplished together during my six years with the Company," Costolo said in a statement. "We have great leaders who work well together and a clear strategy that informs our objectives and priorities."
Shortly after releasing that statement Mr. Costolo took to Twitter and told the rest of us his plans and to congratulate Mr. Dorsey:
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Welcome back, @jack !!
TwitterIR @TwitterIR
Dick Costolo to step down as CEO, will remain on Board, and Jack Dorsey appointed Interim CEO, effective July 1
Since Mr. Costolo took the reigns in 2010 he has heard rumblings from investors that he has not been doing enough to grow the company. After 5 years he decided that it was time for someone else to lead. He doesn't plan on totally abandoning the company since he will stay on the board of directors.
Since making his announcement on Twitter Snoop Dogg has had over 3,000 re-tweets and dozens of comments voicing their support.
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