Cannes, France — Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is wasting no time networking now that he’s footloose.
The bespectacled former standup comedian was spotted rushing up and down the Croisette, the main seaside boulevard, here, last week and popped up at the MediaLink/iHeart event featuring Sting at the Hotel du Cap.
Costolo, who stepped down as CEO of Twitter earlier this month, attended Martin Sorrell’s exclusive Stream tech conference, backed by WPP, that gathers digital industry leaders. The get-together runs alongside the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Costolo told Re/code he was planning to take a bit of time off after stepping down, but few think he will be out of the game for long.
On his last day at Twitter, Costolo was clapped out of the building by staff, sources said, in the same way Tom Freston was feted on his departure from Viacom.
For their part, Twitter executives were out in force here demonstrating new products and honing curation tools.
We’re told to expect a flurry of announcements this summer.