Skype and Twitter name new chief executives |
| Financial Times - Oct 4, 2010 |
Twitter and Skype, two of the fastest-growing private internet companies, have appointed new chief executives as they look to reinforce their leadership ranks with more experienced business managers.
Dick Costolo, who has won recognition in Silicon Valley for bringing a sharper business focus to Twitter since joining as chief operating officer a year ago, was named chief executive on Monday. He succeeds Evan Williams, a founder of the micro-blogging service, who said he would now focus all his attention instead on product development.
Meanwhile, Skype has hired Tony Bates, formerly a rising star at Cisco Systems, as its new chief executive. The appointment is the latest twist in the growing competition between the two companies, and comes as Cisco moves deeper into Skype’s consumer communications business while Skype tries to push deeper into the business market.
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- Posted: 2010-10-04 20:33:43
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