Jack Dorsey Gets His Steve Jobs Moment in Return to Twitter CEO Role


Jack Dorsey is following in the footsteps of his Silicon Valley idol — Steve Jobs.

Named Twitter’s interim chief executive officer on Thursday, Mr. Dorsey returns to a job he had until being pushed out in 2008 from the firm he helped create. Similarly, Jobs returned to Apple as interim CEO in 1997 after being forced out in 1985, and guided the company to create the iMac, iPhone and iPad.

Mr. Dorsey, 38, demurred when asked during an interview whether he’s interested in becoming Twitter’s permanent CEO. “It’s really up to the search committee and they’re going to look at internal and external candidates,” he said.

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