Evan Williams, Twitter Co-Founder Resigns From His Position After 12 Years

Harin - Feb 23, 2019

After 12 years of contributing to Twitter, Evan Williams, Twitter's co-founder is stepping down from his position.

As stated to a new filing sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder, who is also the CEO of Medium, a publishing platform, has resigned from his position in Twitter’s board. His resignation will officially be effective at the end of this month.

In his statement, Williams said:

Back in 2007, Williams, Jack Dorsey, along with Biz Stone co-founded Twitter; a spun out from their other projects. Then in 2008, Williams became the company's CEO to replace Dorsey. In 2010, Dick Costolo took his position but later pushed out by Dorsey himself, which was mentioned in Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton. Despite all the betrayal, Williams has been with the social network platform since the beginning, 12 years in total.

Hours after the news broke out, Williams posted on Twitter his appreciation for his colleagues.

And all of Twitter's employees.

When being asked about this matter, Twitter did not immediately respond.