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04-08-2016, 07:33 PM
Twitter overhauls its board to be more than a 'country club of old white guys'
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Meet the new and improved Twitter board: **w with more women and fewer Peters.
After months of rumors, Twitter an**unced (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000156459016015981/twtr-8k_20160406.htm) a long awaited shakeup of its dysfunctional board on Friday to help pave the way for a corporate turnaround and bolster the diversity of its top ranks.*
On their way out: two of the three white men named Peter who have been longtime members of the board.*
On their way in: Hugh Johnston, previously the CFO of PepsiCo, and Martha Lane Fox, an Internet entrepreneur.
Fox's appointment is particularly symbolic for Twitter, a company fighting to shed its image as predominantly white and male. One of its largest investors even went so far as to describe Twitter's board (http://www.thewrap.com/twitter-investor-chris-sacca-blasts-country-club-of-old-white-guys-on-board-of-directors-video/) as a "country club of old white guys." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/twitter-board-members/)
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Meet the new and improved Twitter board: **w with more women and fewer Peters.
After months of rumors, Twitter an**unced (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000156459016015981/twtr-8k_20160406.htm) a long awaited shakeup of its dysfunctional board on Friday to help pave the way for a corporate turnaround and bolster the diversity of its top ranks.*
On their way out: two of the three white men named Peter who have been longtime members of the board.*
On their way in: Hugh Johnston, previously the CFO of PepsiCo, and Martha Lane Fox, an Internet entrepreneur.
Fox's appointment is particularly symbolic for Twitter, a company fighting to shed its image as predominantly white and male. One of its largest investors even went so far as to describe Twitter's board (http://www.thewrap.com/twitter-investor-chris-sacca-blasts-country-club-of-old-white-guys-on-board-of-directors-video/) as a "country club of old white guys." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/twitter-board-members/)
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