Ex-Twitter CFO Ned Segal named SF's 1st chief of housing and economic development

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A former tech executive will lead a new city office in San Francisco.

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie says he's hiring Ned Segal as the first-ever chief of housing and economic development.

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Segal worked for five years as the chief financial officer of Twitter.

Segal and other top executives including Parag Agrawal and general counsel Sean Edgett, were fired by Elon Musk when he took over the social media company in 2022.

Lurie and Segal have known each other since they both attended a private middle school in the city.