As Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues negotiations to purchase social media site Twitter for $44 billion, Twitter's founder Jack Dorsey announced his departure from the board of the platform he created last week. In 2021, Dorsey made his first step towards leaving the platform, stepping down from his position of CEO and handing over the reins to Parag Agrawal, an Indian-American software engineer. Why Did Dorsey Leave? While the move was interpreted by some as a statement about the sale of the company, Dorsey's departure was actually planned. Twitter first announced the move in November that Dorsey was planning to leave the board when his term next expired at the 2022 company shareholder meeting, which took place on Wednesday. The announcement also took place long before Musk considered purchasing the platform.