Twitter Names Google Veteran Omid Kordestani as Chairman
- Former executive was called Google `business founder' by Page
- Will oversee recruiting, strategy at social-media firm
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Twitter Inc. named Omid Kordestani, once deemed Google Inc.’s “business founder” by search giant chief Larry Page, to the role of executive chairman as the social-media company struggles to reverse slowing growth.
Kordestani, a former chief business officer at Google, will have an operational role at Twitter, helping with recruiting and strategy, a spokesman for the San Francisco-based company said Wednesday.