Last year, the tech billionaire, Elon Musk, acquired Twitter for a staggering $44 billion and wasted no time in making changes. One of his first actions was to dismiss employees, including then-CEO Parag Agrawal.

Musk believed that Agrawal was a 'nice' person but lacked the necessary qualities of a leader. Musk felt that Twitter required someone with an assertive and determined approach, and unfortunately, Agrawal did not fit that description.

Back in March 2022, Musk met Agrawal over dinner. This was even before Musk made an offer to buy Twitter. After this meeting, he concluded that Agrawal did not have ‘leadership quality’. “He's a really nice guy. What Twitter needs is a fire-breathing dragon and Parag is not that,” said Musk after meeting with Agrawal.

In his newly released book, Walter Isaacson covered different aspects of Musk’s life in this biography. He said that Musk has a dark streak, and he tends to get into ‘demon mode’ at times. He said that the reason behind this dark side of him is because of his difficult childhood.

He added, “Musk can sometimes become someone who does not care about anything except for the mission that he is on; a mission to get something done.” Isaacson also talked about the times when he had witnessed Musk going dark just because others did not have that “maniacal sense of urgency” even when it was meaningless. 

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