Paddy Cosgrave received a wave of backlash over his public comments accusing Israel of breaching international law.
Web Summit cofounder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave has resigned after angering Israel's entire tech community on his comments about the Israel-Hamas war.
Irish entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave has resigned as CEO of Web Summit with "immediate effect" due to the controversy surrounding his tweets on the ...
The Irish entrepreneur stepped down as leader of one of the world's largest tech conferences following remarks he made about Israel and war crimes.
Paddy Cosgrave has announced his resignation as the chief executive officer of Web Summit with โimmediate effectโ. In a statement released on Saturday ...
(Reuters) -Web Summit Chief Executive and founder Paddy Cosgrave resigned on Saturday after comments he made on the Israel-Hamas conflict prompted some ...
Web Summit's Paddy Cosgrave steps down amid a backlash from Google, Meta and other major tech companies.
Paddy Cosgrave's resgnation comes after he tweeted that "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.".
CEO Paddy Cosgrave resigned following backlash of his criticism of Israel and western governments.
Paddy Cosgrave's remarks caused high-profile attendees to pull out of Web Summit, which is scheduled for November.
Paddy Cosgrave came under pressure after Israeli startup founders and tech giants Google, Meta, Amazon and Intel announced their withdrawal from the Summit.
Over the weekend, Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit made the bombshell announcement that Cosgrave would step down from his post as CEO of the technology.
Events group strongly identified with the dominant leadership of its founder Paddy Cosgrave now putting faith in leadership by committee.