Twitter’s new CEO joins club of India-born US tech captains


Newly named Twitter CEO Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile jobs. — Courtesy of Twitter via AP

Twitter Inc on Nov 29 became the latest Silicon Valley titan to appoint an Indian-born chief executive officer, joining the likes of Microsoft and Google in recognising the Asian country as one of the world’s richest pools of tech talent.

The appointment of former chief technology officer Parag Agrawal to the top spot at Twitter amplifies the role played by immigrants in the world’s largest technology companies. He joins Satya Nadella of Microsoft Corp, Shantanu Narayen of Adobe Inc, Arvind Krishna of International Business Machines Corp and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet Inc among the highest-profile leaders of US firms from Indian origin.

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