Top Twitter executives leave amid Elon Musk acquisition and 'new direction'

• Twitter's head of consumer product and general manager of revenue product are leaving the company.
• Kayvon Beykpour, general manager of consumer, revealed that Parag Agrawal asked him to leave because "he wants to take the team in a different direction."
• Twitter is also halting most hiring and reducing spending.

The firing of two of the company's top executives is a sign of massive changes ahead of the acquisition by Musk.

The general manager of consumer product, Kayvon Beykpour, and the revenue product lead, Bruce Falck, both confirmed in a series of separate statements that they are leaving the company. Beykpour said that his departure was not his own decision, even though he got word of it while on maternity leave.

The truth is that this isn't how I imagined it would be, and this wasn't my decision.

He has been with the company since July of last year, serving as the head of consumer product and general manager of consumer. He oversaw teams in product, engineering, design, research, customer service, and operations.

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Falck thanked the teams he worked with over the last five years, even though he deleted his separate statement that he was fired by Agrawal.

Falck thanked the teams and partners he has worked with over the past five years.

The reasons for their departure are unknown, but they did not meet their audience and revenue growth targets.

Jay Sullivan, the company's vice president of product, will take on the roles of Falck and Beykpour. It is not clear if the leadership shuffle is related to Musk's takeover.

Most of its hiring is on hold, except for business-critical roles.