The co-founders of Web Summit, Europe’s largest technology conference, are calling on Paddy Cosgrave, the company’s former chief executive, to sell his majority stake in its parent company after a firestorm over his remarks on social media about Israel.
David Kelly and Daire Hickey, who are the only other shareholders in Web Summit’s holding company, wrote to the board arguing Cosgrave's continued ownership puts the future of the business at risk, according to a person ...
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