Yaccarino announces she is leaving company after two years as chief executive officer
The CEO of X, Elon Musk’s social network, announced on Wednesday she would resign.
“After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of ????,” Linda Yaccarino wrote.
Musk replied to her tweet: “Thank you for your contributions.”
The outgoing CEO said, “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.”
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, purchased Twitter in 2022 for $44bn and later renamed it X. The billionaire hired Yaccarino the following year, after he fired much of the platform’s staff and announced major changes such as ending content moderation policies. Before joining X, Yaccarino had been a longtime executive at NBCUniversal who focused on advertising and partnerships. In March, Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI acquired the social networking company.
