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Two Twitter Execs Let Go Ahead Of Elon Musk’s Acquisition

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By Kristin Myers on May 14, 2022 at 5:00 AM PDT

Billionaire Elon Musk hasn’t become the new head of Twitter just yet, but it looks like things are already changing in preparation for his arrival.

On Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter announced that two Twitter executives are out of a job ahead of the company’s possible acquisition by the Tesla CEO.

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Bruce Falck, Twitter’s revenue product lead, and Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter’s general manager, were both let go ahead of Elon Musk’s possible acquisition of the social media company.

Beykpour joined the company in 2015 after Twitter had acquired his company, Periscope. On Thursday, Beykpour took to Twitter to announce the news, revealing that current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal had made the decision after deciding to “take the team in a different direction.”

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Interrupting my paternity leave to share some final @twitter-related news: I’m leaving the company after over 7 years,” he tweeted on Thursday. “The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision. Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction.”

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“I hope and expect that Twitter’s best days are still ahead of it. Twitter is one of the most important, unique and impactful products in the world,” he continued. “With the right nurturing and stewardship, that impact will only grow.”

Bruce Falck Calls IC Engineers The ‘Unsung Heroes’ Of Twitter

Falck tweeted, “I wanted to take a moment to thank all the teams and partners I’ve been lucky enough to work with during the past 5 years. Building and running these businesses is a team sport.”

“We were able to achieve the results we did through your hard work - - quarterly revenue does not lie. Google it,” he added.

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“When all is said and done, it's the work that matters: We upgraded our ad serving, prediction, analytics, attribution, billing, API, and many more systems, substantially improving our reliability and scalability,” he continued.

“Everything this team has done and will do sits on the shoulders of the giants that did this work - those dedicated IC engineers who seldom see the spotlight or get the recognition they deserve. The unsung heroes that make Goldbird (and Twitter) what it is,” he went on.

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He concluded, “I dedicate this Tweet to those engineers and thank you ALL for the opportunity to serve alongside you. It’s been awesome. There is a lot more to do so get back to work, I can’t wait to see what you build #TIF”

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