Dick Costolo: A journey at Twitter

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has decided to move beyond Twitter. He would cease to be CEO, effective July 1. Here's a look at his journey at Twitter and beyond.June 2015: Twitter announced today that Dick Costolo would be resigning from Twitter.https://twitter.com/twitter/status/609090332295233536March 2015: Visited India, meets Indian PM Narendra Modi.https://twitter.com/dickc/status/580352933851766784Dick Costolo welcomed co-founder Jack Dorsey back as CEO.https://twitter.com/dickc/status/609090180725678080February 2015: Expressed how ashamed at how poor Twitter was at dealing with trolling and abuse.January 2015: Co-founder Jack Dorsey backs Dick Costolo in a twitterstorm.https://twitter.com/jack/status/560860120251244544https://twitter.com/jack/status/560860306566422528https://twitter.com/jack/status/560860473193558017January 2015: Twitter makes its first India acquisition, acquires Zipdial.https://twitter.com/dickc/status/5575881118618787872014: Since the IPO of Twitter in 2013, the stock price plunged from $73 to $37 a year later in 2014. The abysmal IPO coupled with an unsuccessful monetisation strategy casted widespread doubt over Costolo's ability to boost earnings.2013: TIME names him as one of the 10 Most Influential US Tech CEOs. According to the report, Twitter valued at $10 billion has successfully transformed media, entertainment and politics. In fact, the service has allowed celebrities, politicians and prominent personalities connect with their audience and removed the traditional use of middlemen.January 2013: Twitter launches Vine, an easy way to share short videos on Twitter.January 2012: Commented on SOPA: said Wikipedia’s blackout was just silly.https://twitter.com/dickc/status/159014296616058880May 2011: Obama appoints Costolo to National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.October 2010: Takes charge as CEO at Twitter.2010: Twitter co-founder CEO Evan Williams on paternity leave, and asks Dick Costolo to take over as CEO.September 2009: Once a comedian, joins Twitter as COO.https://twitter.com/dickc/status/3962807808July 2009: Quits Google.2007: Google bought Feedburner, Costolo becomes a Google employee.2004: Founded Feedburner.