Twitter, Inc.
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Twitter was founded on April 19, 2007. It is a Delaware corporation.[1] Its founders are Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.[2][3]
Its headquarters are in San Francisco.[4][1][5][6] Its CEO is Elon Musk.[7] It had 29 employees in 2009.[8]
Financials
0001418091-22-000029Key Facts
- Member of: Internet Association[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: privately held company[5]
- Founder: Jack Dorsey[6], Noah Glass[7], Biz Stone[8], Evan Williams[9]
- Owned by: X Holdings I, Inc.[10], Morgan Stanley[11], BlackRock[12], Elon Musk[13], Jack Dorsey[14], The Vanguard Group[15]
- Headquarters location: San Francisco[16]
- Chief executive officer: Dick Costolo[17], Jack Dorsey[18], Parag Agrawal[19], Elon Musk[20]
- Child organization or unit: Whisper Systems[21]
- Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[22]
- Review score: 3.2[23]
- Industry: Internet industry[24]
- Country of origin: United States[25]
- Inception: April 19, 2007[26]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: April 4, 2023[27]
- Significant event: Twitter 2013 data breach[28], acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk[29]
- Official website: https://x.com/home[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Twitter, Inc.[31]
- Product or material produced: X[32], Vine[33], Periscope[34]
- Employees: 29[35], 130[36], 350[37], 2172[38], 3638[39], 3900[40], 3583[41], 3371[42], 3920[43], 4900[44], 5500[45], 7500[46]
- Replaces: Obvious Corporation[47]
- Replaced by: X Corp.[48]
- Official name: Twitter, Inc.[49]
- Legal form: Delaware corporation[50]
- Owner of: X[51]
- Different from: X[52]
Body
Leadership
Board members include Mimi Alemayehou[53], a businessperson[54], b. 1969[55], of Ethiopia[56], awarded the Distinguished Honor Award[57]; Omid Kordestani[58], a computer scientist[59], b. 1963[60], of Iran[61]; Martha Lane Fox[62], an entrepreneur[63], b. 1973[64], of United Kingdom[65], awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire[66]; Fei-Fei Li[67], a computer scientist[68], b. 1976[69], of United States[70], awarded the J. K. Aggarwal Prize[71], specialised in computer science[72]; and Bret Taylor[73], a businessperson[74], b. 1980[75], of United States[76].
Why It Matters
Twitter, Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[77] Twitter, Inc. is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[78]