Accordingly, Musk will move to the position of chief technology officer (CTO) in the next few weeks.
“Excited to announce that I have hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will start in approximately 6 weeks,” the Twitter boss posted on social media.
In a poll on the platform last December, 57.5% of users voted that Musk should step down as CEO of the social network.
“Bluebird” has undergone major changes just two weeks after being owned by the Tesla and SpaceX CEO in October. The previous leadership, including CEO Parag Agrawal, and half of the staff were fired by the American billionaire.
Musk has never named any potential candidates and it is unclear who the billionaire has designated as his successor to run “Bluebird”, but there has been some “speculation” in the technology and media world.
Linda Yaccarino, the top ad sales executive at Comcast’s NBCUniversal, could be a candidate. Yaccarino is a former Silicon Valley executive and Hollywood executive. Last month, the sales executive interviewed Musk at an event in Miami.
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was also suggested in conversations among Twitter employees, along with others like former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Shivon Zilis - CEO of Elon Musk's startup Neuralink, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and Tesla president Robyn Denholm.
For his part, as CTO, Musk will oversee the company's products, software, and systems.
Tesla shares rose more than 2.1% in trading on May 11, reflecting easing investor concerns about Musk spending more time on Twitter.
(According to Reuters)
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