Jack Dorsey Chairman after Dick Costolo replaced Williams as the CEO. On June 10, 2015, Costolo announced that he was resigning as CEO of Twitter, effective July 1, 2015. Dorsey would assume the post of Interim CEO upon Costolo's departure. He was named permanent CEO of Twitter on October 5, 2015. On the day after the controversy about Twitter's new algorithms for tweets, Dorsey responded to the trend, saying it was only a hoax. In May 2016, Dorsey announced that Twitter would not count photos and links in the 140-character limit to free up more space for text. This move was an
Scott Dorsey Sports Corp since 2009 and being elected Chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp board of directors in 2013. Dorsey also served as the Chair for the Marketing and Communications Division for the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee. The ExactTarget Foundation was founded in 2011. After the Salesforce acquisition in 2013, the ExactTarget Foundation was reorganized under a new name and mission as Nextech with Dorsey as its chairman. Nextech's mission is to connect educators, innovative nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to deliver programs that inspire and enable young people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in technology. Dorsey was named the