Parag Agrawal Biography, Age, Career and Net Worth
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Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American software engineer and technology executive. He was appointed the CEO of Twitter in November 2021. Parag Agrawal was born in 1976 in India.
Parag Agrawal Profile
Name |
Parag Agrawal |
Real Name |
Parag Agrawal |
Date of Birth |
1976 |
Age |
45 years (2021) |
Occupation |
Computer Engineer |
Known for |
Twitter CEO |
State of Origin |
– |
Nationality |
United States India |
Race |
Caucasian |
Religion |
– |
Wife |
Vinegar Agrawal |
Net Worth |
$1.52 Million |
Educational Background
Parag Agrawal obtained a degree in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, India. He obtained his masters and PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. 
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Career
Parag Agrwal started his career at Microsoft Research, AT&T and Yahoo! Research where he held leadership positions.
Parag Agrawal joined Twitter in 2011 as a software engineer. He later became the chief technology officer in 2017.
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He was responsible for Twitter’s technical strategy and overseeing machine learning and AI across the consumer, revenue, and science teams”
On 29 November, 2021, Jack Dorsey announced he would be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter. He named Parag Agrawal as the new CEO of Twitter.
Agrawal would be in charge of Project Bluesky, “an independent team of open source architects, engineers and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media that would help better control abusive and misleading information on its platform”.
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Twitter Handle
Parag Agrawal Twitter handle is @paraga
Deep gratitude for @jack and our entire team, and so much excitement for the future. Here’s the note I sent to the company. Thank you all for your trust and support ???? https://t.co/eNatG1dqH6 pic.twitter.com/liJmTbpYs1
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) November 29, 2021
Personal Life
Parag Agrawal is married to Vineeta Agarwala with a son. His wife is a physician and adjunct clinical professor at Stanford School of Medicine
Parag Agrawal Net Worth 
Parag Agrawal net worth is estimated to be $1.52 million.