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CEO hired by Twitter to work on VR fired after 2 days over rant about homeless

CEO hired by Twitter to work on VR fired after 2 days over rant about homeless

Yesterday, it was reported that Twitter hired the former CEO of AngelHack, Gregory Gopman, as Virtual Reality Program Manager.

However, less than a day later, Gopman was fired by the social media giant after offensive comments he made about the homeless community in 2013 came to light via TechCrunch.

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