Dick Costolo

CEO
Twitter, Inc

Returning to the D stage is Dick Costolo, who heads the micro- blogging company that has emerged as a key player on the global stage. Previously, as Twitter’s COO, he oversaw monetization and day-to-day operations. Prior to Twitter, Costolo was co-founder and CEO of FeedBurner, a digital content syndication platform that was acquired by Google in 2007. Before Google, he lived in Chicago, where he founded and ran two digital media companies: SpyOnIt, a Web page monitoring service, and Burning Door Networked Media, a Web design and development consulting company. He was also an improv performer with the acclaimed Annoyance Theater.

Posts With Dick Costolo

Twitter Untangles Its Overgrown Org Chart

in News on March 20 at 1:05 pm PT

A look at Twitter’s new and improved organizational structure, including the company’s problematic history between departments.
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As IPO Gets Closer, Twitter Tries Growing Up Fast

in Social on December 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm PT

A brief history of Twitter’s year-long reorganization efforts.
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Twitter Shuffles Top Brass With New COO and CFO Appointments

in Social on December 19, 2012 at 6:48 pm PT

Big moves in the top ranks for the microblogging service.
Newly dubbed Twitter COO Ali Rowghani.

Prepare to Cringe: Your Tweeted Life, Now Available for Download

in Social on December 19, 2012 at 8:42 am PT

Thousands upon thousands of tweets on what we were eating for breakfast.
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On Election Day 2012, Twitter Kills the Great White Fail Whale

in Social on November 7, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Despite a torrent of tweets from across the globe, Twitter engineering managed to keep the site’s head above water.
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Also on Twitter Board’s Agenda: Adding a Woman Director

in Media on October 15, 2012 at 9:33 am PT

It is 2012, after all.
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Twitter Employee Live-Tweets His World Series of Poker Ascent, One Hand at a Time

in Social on July 2, 2012 at 10:06 pm PT

Twitter staff support for one talented, poker-playing engineer is definitely all-in.
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