Alex Wong
- Linda Yaccarino announced she is stepping down as CEO of X.She spent two years leading the Elon Musk-owned social platform.She was previously an executive at NBCUniversal.
The CEO of Elon Musk's social network is stepping down.
Linda Yaccarino announced on Wednesday morning that she is exiting the top job at X.
"I'm incredibly proud of the X team - the historic business turn around we have accomplished together has been nothing short of remarkable," Yaccarino wrote on X.
Yaccarino spent two years leading X, formerly named Twitter, and was appointed to the position after Musk said he would step back from leading the social network. She previously worked as an executive at NBCUniversal.
Yaccarino oversaw a tumultuous time for the company, which saw an advertiser exodus tied to controversial changes Musk made to the platform, which he renamed X one month into her tenure.
After Musk loosened moderation rules on the platform, major companies from IBM to Apple to Disney pulled ads from X following reports they were being displayed next to pro-Nazi posts.
In November 2023, Musk defiantly told advertisers leaving the platform "to go f— yourself" if they thought "blackmailing" him would change his views.
Yaccarino later said Musk's comments were an "explicit point of view about our position."
In March, Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired X in an all-stock deal at $33 billion.
"xAI and X's futures are intertwined," the Tesla CEO wrote at the time.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
