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Twitter创始人杰克·多西加入迪斯尼董事会 Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, has been nominated as an independent board director at Walt Disney. Twitter创始人杰克·多西被沃尔特·迪斯尼任命为独立董事会董事。 Jack Dorseys stake in Twitter is worth around $1bn ?Shareholders will be able to vote on his selection at the companys annual meeting on 18 March. ? Aged 37, Mr Dorsey would become the youngest member of Disneys board, the majority of whom are in their 50s. ? Over the last few years he has been running Square, a company which offers credit card payments service for small businesses. ? Jack Dorsey is a talented entrepreneur who has helped create groundbreaking new businesses in the social media and commerce spaces, said Robert Iger, Disneys chairman and chief executive. ? The perspective he brings to Disney and its board is extremely valuable. ? Twitter sold shares on the stock market for the first time in November and Mr Dorseys near 5% stake in Twitter is worth around $1bn. ? He founded Twitter along with Ev Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass. ? Mr Dorsey sent Twitters first tweet in 2006: just setting up my twttr.