Twitter poaches Google executive Kordestani for chairman post

By Abhirup Roy and Yasmeen Abutaleb BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc lured Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani to become the social media company's executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey, who last week was named permanent CEO. Kordestani's extensive sales experience could prove a good counterpoint to Twitter co-founder Dorsey's product knowledge and vision, analysts said. "I've had good fortune to be at three: Netscape, @google,