Resign the CEO of X (formerly Twitter). The executive director of the social network, Linda Yaccarinohas presented its resignation after spending two years at the head of the company, owned by the billionaire Elon Musk.
In a post of his own X, Yaccarino announced his departure without giving the reasons, implying that there is no discrepancy with Musk, who declared him to be “immensely grateful.”
“When Elon Musk and I spoke for the first time about his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of my life to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” said the executive. In addition, he added that he is “Immensely grateful to Musk” For having entrusted the responsibility of protecting freedom of expression, transforming the company and becoming the “app for everything”.
In this way, Yaccarino defends that “X is really a digital public square for all the most powerful voices and the most powerful cultural signal.” “We would not have achieved it without the support of our users, commercial partners and the most innovative team in the world,” he concluded. Before his appointment as CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, 61, served as Head of Advertising in Nbcuniversal.
For its part, Musk, CEO of Tesla y SpaceX, He completed at the end of October 2022 the purchase of Twitter for a value of 44,000 million dollars (37,510 million euros), after which he proceeded to dismiss the main managers of the company.
