witter co-founder Evan Williams, who’s currently CEO of publishing platform Medium, is stepping down from Twitter’s board, according to a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Williams will officially depart at the end of the month.
“It’s been an incredible 13 years, and I’m proud of what
Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company,” Williams said
in a statement from the filing. “I will continue rooting for the team
as I focus my time on other projects.”
Williams co-founded Twitter in 2007 with Jack Dorsey and
Biz Stone after the social network spun out from other projects that the
group worked on together at podcasting company Odeo. In 2008, Williams
became the CEO of Twitter, replacing Dorsey, and was later replaced in
2010 by Dick Costolo (who would later be pushed out by none other than
Dorsey), as documented by Nick Bilton’s betrayal-filled tell-all Hatching Twitter. Despite all the backstabbing, Williams has served on Twitter’s board from the beginning, totaling 12 years.
Soon after news broke, Williams sent out a tweet thanking
his colleagues. “Thank you, @jack and @biz for starting this crazy
company with me—and continuing to make it better and better. And to my
fellow board members, new and old—some of the most thoughtful people
I’ve ever known,” he said. “I’m very lucky to have served on the
@Twitter board for 12 years (ever since there was a board). It’s been
overwhelmingly interesting, educational—and, at times, challenging.”
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment.