Elon Musk says he has found a new Twitter CEO: Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new CEO for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the Wall Street Journal reported Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the job.
Elon Musk said in a tweet:"Excited to announce I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in 6 weeks." File photo.Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new CEO for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the reported Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the job.
Musk, who took over as CEO of Twitter when he completed his $44bn purchase of the company in October, said in December he would step aside as CEO once he found"someone foolish enough to take the job." He said that he would then run Twitter's software and servers teams.cited people familiar with the situation in saying Yaccarino was in talks for the top post.
At the conference, Yaccarino encouraged the audience to welcome Musk with applause and lauded his work ethic. As broadcast television audiences migrated to streaming, she took to the stage at Radio City Music Hall last year to tell advertisers their brand messages were not an afterthought.When asked for comment, an NBCUniversal spokesperson said,"Linda is in back-to-back rehearsals for the Upfront", referring to a presentation NBCUniversal will host for advertisers in New York on Monday.
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