He is an IIT alumnus who was fired within a year after getting a Rs 100 crore salary package at a social media company. Several IIT graduates are heading top companies in India and the

world. They often get a high salary package after completing their graduation from the prestigious institute. One such person is Parag Agrawal, former X chief executive officer (CEO). The

IITian was, however, sacked in 2022 from X after Elon Musk took over the platform. Now, the world's richest man Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US,

has taken a swipe at Agarwal. This came as Musk issued a diktat to federal employees to justify their work over the past week or lose their jobs.  "Parag got nothing done. Parag was

of X (formerly Twitter), who was hired with a salary package of around Rs 100 crore for the post. However, his tenure was short-lived, as he was dismissed within a year following

Musk's acquisition of the micro-blogging site. Later in October 2023, Agarwal founded AI startup Parallel Web Systems Inc, as per his LinkedIn profile. He holds a bachelor's degree

in computer engineering from IIT Bombay. Agarwal also has a PhD in computer science from Stanford University. READ | MEET INDIAN BILLIONAIRE, WHO HAS RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS MEDAL IN UK, NOT

MUKESH AMBANI, ADANI Born in Ajmer, Agrawal comes from an educated family; his father worked as a senior official in the Indian Department of Atomic Energy, while his mother is a retired

economics professor. He joined Twitter (X) in 2011 and became CEO in November 2021. Before joining Twitter, Agrawal interned at Microsoft Research and Yahoo. Now a founder, his new startup

aims to provide tools for developers working on LLMs, positioning itself alongside other emerging AI companies. He is married to Vineeta Agarwala, a general partner at the venture capital

firm Andreessen Horowitz. The duo two kids.