Noto notified Twitter on January 22 that he was resigning to take up the CEO role at SoFi.
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has resigned from the company.
He’s been named CEO of finance startup SoFi effective March 1.
“I’m grateful to the SoFi board for this extraordinary opportunity to lead one of the most important new companies at the intersection of technology and finance,” Noto said in SoFi’s statement about the news.
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has resigned to become the CEO of SoFi.
Twitter confirmed Noto’s departure in a news release Tuesday morning. Twitter stock was down about 3% after the news broke.
Noto notified Twitter on January 22 that he would be resigning from his post to accept the CEO role at another company, which was quickly confirmed to be SoFi, following earlier reports. Noto will start at SoFi on March 1.
“Anthony has been an incredible advocate for Twitter and a trusted partner to me and our leadership team,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a statement. “On behalf of the entire team, I want to thank Anthony for his passion and his impact, and congratulate him on his new role.”
Noto joined Twitter in July 2014. He led the Twitter IPO when he was a banker at Goldman Sachs, and before that he was the CFO for the NFL for nearly three years. Noto served as CFO of Twitter until November 2016 when he took over the COO role from Adam Bain.
“I’m grateful to the SoFi board for this extraordinary opportunity to lead one of the most important new companies at the intersection of technology and finance,” Noto said in SoFi’s statement about the news. “SoFi has a significant opportunity to build on its leadership position in student and personal loans to revolutionize consumer finance and build a next-generation financial services company. I’m excited to work with Tom and the rest of the SoFi team.”
SoFi’s former CEO and cofounder Mike Cagney announced in September he would be stepping down from his role after the company launched an investigation into claims from current and former employes of sexual harassment in the workplace. Executive chairman Tom Hutton was named interim CEO after Cagney’s departure.
Tech: Anthony Noto resigns as COO of Twitter to become CEO of SoFi (TWTR)
