Elon Musk Says He'll Resign as Twitter CEO If He Finds a Replacement

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Elon Musk whitethorn be out the doorway arsenic CEO of Twitter. There's conscionable 1 catch.

"I volition resign arsenic CEO arsenic soon arsenic I find idiosyncratic foolish capable to instrumentality the job!" the billionaire, who bought Twitter successful October for $44 million and has drawn contention implicit the takeover itself and institution changes helium made aft assuming the role, tweeted Dec. 20. "After that, I volition conscionable tally the bundle & servers teams."

And 1 societal media pioneer jokingly volunteered arsenic tribute. Tom Anderson, a.k.a. "Tom From MySpace," responded with a screenshot of his celebrated MySpace illustration pic and bio, which besides read, "Last login: 3/11/2006."

Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg tweeted, "Should I tally Twitter?"

Two days earlier, Musk surveyed his societal media platform's users astir his role.

"Should I measurement down arsenic caput of Twitter?" the Tesla CEO, who has much than 122.5 cardinal followers, tweeted Dec. 18. "I volition abide by the results of this poll."

As of Dec. 21, Musk's Twitter canvass included much than 17.5 cardinal users, with 57.5 percent clicking yes portion 42.5 percent said no.

Since Musk's takeover of Twitter, helium has drawn backlash implicit changes to the company's contented moderation and privateness policies, the reinstatement of erstwhile President Donald Trump's relationship and the Dec. 15 suspension of respective high-profile journalists' pages.

Should I measurement down arsenic caput of Twitter? I volition abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

Musk had accused them of sharing backstage accusation astir his whereabouts. NBC News was incapable to verify that allegation.

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The journalists' accounts were reinstated 2 days later, pursuing the results of, yes, a Twitter poll.

Musk tweeted, "The radical person spoken."

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