Elon Musk announces that he has hired … the next CEO of Twitter
He had announced it and finally, he did it: Elon Musk affirms on Twitter to have hired his successor at the head of the firm at the blue bird. And we also know that it is a woman: “It will start in less than 6 weeks” says Musk. Elon Musk will continue to play an important role at Twitter and has already planned to serve in the dual role of Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer (CTO/Chief Technical Officer), which will allow him to oversee new Twitter products and services.
Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!
My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2023
If we are to believe the New York Timesthe lucky winner would be none other than Linda Yaccarino, advertising director of the American media group NBCUniversal. The latter is currently at the end of negotiations with the management team of Twitter for this position of very high responsibility. Elon Musk’s announcement sent Tesla’s stock price up almost immediately (+2%), with investors happy to know that Musk will have more time to run his electric vehicle business. On the other hand, it is not certain that Twitter is completely spared from Musk’s sometimes sulphurous decisions; after all, CTO is not nothing…
