


Musk’s confirmation came soon afterwards. Musk did not name Yaccarino in the initial post, but on Friday, NBCUniversal, the entertainment conglomerate behind the NBC TV network and the Universal film studio, announced that Yaccarino had left the business without revealing her onward destination. He confirmed on Thursday that the wait was over, tweeting: “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. Musk had said in December he would step down as chief executive as soon as he found someone “foolish enough to take the job”. Musk added on Friday that he looked forward to working with Yaccarino on transforming Twitter into X, the “everything app” along the lines of China’s multi-faceted WeChat. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app. I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter! will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.
