Jack Dorsey: 11 facts about Twitter's permanent chief executive
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Jack Dorsey has been named Twitter's chief executive - for the second time
Jack Dorsey has been voted in as the permanent chief executive of Twitter by the firm's board.
According to a company filing, Dorsey will also stay on as CEO of his own company Square, Inc. One of Twitter's directors, Peter Currie, also tweeted, external that the board's decision to appoint Dorsey was unanimous.
Read more about the announcement
Here, then, are 11 facts about Dorsey - in 140 characters or fewer.
![First tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/11E1D/production/_85854237_cc6bb1c1-f3b5-4582-93bb-20086f10cc61.jpg)
Click here, external to read the first tweet.
![Second tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/120A6/production/_85849837_55c8c921-e371-4fbe-93b5-edcb1fbb7ebd.jpg)
![Third tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/16C3D/production/_85854239_bfb465fd-bd1f-48b4-bcd5-2be7ab3adf19.jpg)
![Twitter has over 300 million active users](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/0A23/production/_85859520_012113441.jpg)
Twitter has over 300 million active users
![Fourth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/37A5/production/_85854241_5b7812c3-a911-4253-afd0-161d14987c1f.jpg)
Source: Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton
![Fifth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/136B9/production/_85854597_8b758fd8-d95f-4aa9-baac-7a31e4f9a1ab.jpg)
![Sixth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/85C5/production/_85854243_6a2a4bbc-2390-4ed6-89e0-1046d803baff.jpg)
![Seventh tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/D3E5/production/_85854245_f114891d-520c-413a-9f65-bf26e057d8fe.jpg)
![Dorsey, aged 38, is a billionaire and now chief executive of two companies](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1489E/production/_85862148_gettyimages-480103592.jpg)
Dorsey, aged 38, is a billionaire and now chief executive of two companies
![Eigth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/15A45/production/_85854688_581bfb34-3486-4124-b6b4-48e5b6820326.jpg)
![Ninth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/2995/production/_85854601_7c023753-eee2-4ea3-bcbb-cee850ac15cf.jpg)
![Tenth tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/77B5/production/_85854603_7f590a09-262a-40d9-840d-3ce0e6023a4e.jpg)
![Eleventh tweet](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/C5D5/production/_85854605_680d7e5f-20ae-44d8-947f-8fffa8e74243.jpg)
Dorsey has been tweeting about the appointment himself. Click here, external to read his own thoughts about becoming CEO of Twitter for the second time.
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