Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the job.
Thomson ReutersTwitter CEO Elon Musk said he will transition to the role of chief technology officer of the social media platform within the next few weeks after announcing he had found a new CEO.Musk said in a tweet: "Excited to announce that I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!"
Reuters reported after Musk's tweet that Yaccarino could be his choice to lead Twitter, according to a Silicon Valley executive and a former Hollywood executive who spoke on condition of anonymity. Musk has not named any prospective candidates for the top Twitter job. Speculation was rife on Thursday among tech and media insiders and on Blind, an anonymous messaging app for tech employees.
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and a top executive at Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink, Shivon Zilis, were also among the names being discussed by Twitter employees on Blind, according to a former employee who viewed the comments.
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