Elon Musk Announced Linda Yaccirano as new CEO of Twitter
1 year ago
Yaccarino as the Twitter’s CEO. Elon Musk tweeted that I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter. Linda Yaccarino will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design and new technology. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app and also said that she will be starting in 6 weeks. My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.
In October 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter in $44 billion, and in December same year said that he would step down from CEO position when he gets a suitable replacement. He also said that he would then run the Twitter software and servers team.
Who is Linda Yaccarino?
Linda Yaccarino is from the media industry. Yaccarino worked for NBCUniversal for more than 20 years. In 2011 Yaccarino joined NBCUniversal after serving 15 years at Turner Entertainment. She is also credited with taking the network ads in the digital era. She is handling all the NBC universal global advertising and partnerships businesses. She will join in 6 weeks from now. Yaccarino is the first female Twitter CEO. She is not from Tech- Background. All the X- CEOs are from the Tech Background.