8 Tech CEOs Who Were Fired 

Apr 27, 2023, 13:16 IST

Wion Web Desk

Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey co-founded the microblogging company in 2006 but was fired in 2008 by the board members over his working attitude. He reportedly spent several work hours doing hobbies like painting and sewing. 

Carol Bartz

Yahoo's CEO was fired by the company's Chairman of the board. She told her employees in 2011 that she was fired over the phone. 

Phaneesh Murthy

IT form IGate fired its CEO Murthy for violating the company code after he failed to report a relationship with an employee. He was also charged with charges for sexual harassment. 

Steve Jobs

When it comes to Steve Jobs, we first think of Apple. But Jobs was fired by Pepsi in 1983 after John Sculley joined the company. 

Parag Agarwal

After Elon Musk took over Twitter, he fired many top executives within a day, which included Parag.

Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani

Wipro's joint CEOs resigned in 2011 after the company failed to meet the analysts' estimates.

Ankiti Bose

Co-founder and CEO of Zilingo Ankiti Bose was fired in 2022 following a probe into serious financial irregularities. 

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