Biz Stone Rejoins Twitter With Focus on Corporate Culture
- Stone returns two months after selling Jelly to Pinterest
- CEO Jack Dorsey invited him back to social-media company
Why Biz Stone Is Rejoining Twitter
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Twitter Inc. co-founder Biz Stone said he’s rejoining the company six years after he left, becoming the second creator to return to help revive the struggling social-media service.
In his new role, Stone will be focused on company culture, and he’s not replacing another executive or filling a vacancy, he said Tuesday in a post on Medium. He was invited back to Twitter by Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, another co-founder, who returned in 2015 after also stepping away for years. Twitter shares jumped on the news.