Twitter Creator Jack Dorsey Almost Joined Facebook

Twitter Creator, Co-Founder, Chairman, and former CEO Jack Dorsey working at Facebook? It almost happened in 2007, New York Times Columnist and Reporter Nick Bilton wrote in his upcoming book, Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, set for a November release by Penguin/Portfolio.

Twitter Creator, Co-Founder, Chairman, and former CEO Jack Dorsey working at Facebook? It almost happened in 2007, New York Times Columnist and Reporter Nick Bilton wrote in his upcoming book, Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, set for a November release by Penguin/Portfolio.

According to an excerpt from the book in The New York Times Magazine, when Dorsey’s role at Twitter was shifted from CEO to chairman and all of his power over the company was stripped, he spoke with Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and met with Vice President of Product Chris Cox, but the lack of a defined role at Facebook prompted him to look elsewhere:

When (Twitter Co-Founder and former CEO Evan) Williams asked Dorsey to send a companywide email setting Twitter’s goals, his first draft began with the subject line, “3 things I want for Twitter (Goals),” each goal beginning with an...

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