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Dick Costolo

Education and Upbringing: Dick Costolo was born in Detroit on Septemeber 10th, 1963. He is 47 years old and very well educated. He went to the University of Michigan with a degree in computer science. Throughout college, Costolo wasn’t interested in being a computer scientist, he wanted to be a comedian, which he was for some time. He then co-founded FeedBurner in 2003. He worked with FeedBurner from 2003 until 2009.

Profile of Company: Twitter is “an online social networking and microblogging sevice that enable people to send “tweets.” Twitter is a thriving company which now has 200 million acitve members. The Twitter base is in San Francisco. At first, Dick Costolo was the chief operating manager. He was then promoted CEO.

Overview: Twitter is worldwide company that many people today enjoy. It makes staying connected easy and it lets you use the internet in a meaningful way. Twitter is thriving and popular with age groups ranging from 16-24. The rapid growth of the company made it a very successfula and special company.

Contribution: Dick Costolo has contributed to Twitter in many ways. He works extremely hard to keep the company growing and he does his job in a very efficient way. Through hard work and dedication, Costole mad ehis way to the top. Without Dick, Twitter may not be where it is today.

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