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Web Summit CEO jumps ship to head up NPR after just 3 months

Technology can sometimes move at the speed of light. And so, too, can technology executives. In a shock move, Web Summit announced today that Katherine

Just weeks before the company’s flagship event in Lisbon, Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave was effectively forced to resign from the dual role, after remarks he made criticizing Israel in the hours and days after Hamas first attacked civilians in the country. Cosgrave’s remarks on Twitter about Israel’s (at the time) planned invasion of Hamas-held Gaza led to a number of high-profile tech figures, investors and large organizations, including Google/Alphabet, Meta, Intel, Amazon, and Stripe, to pull out of last year’s conference. Individuals who spoke out against attending included Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), fintech entrepreneur and investor David Marcus, Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and Adam Singolda (Taboola), among many others.

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