Elon Musk says a new Twitter CEO is starting in six weeks

Elon Musk is making good on his promise to step down as Twitter CEO following a poll. The entrepreneur has announced that a replacement chief executive will start in roughly six weeks. While he hasn’t identified the new leader by name, it will be a woman. Musk will stay on as executive chairman and chief technical officer covering “product, software and sysops.”

Musk said in December that he would honor the results of a poll asking whether or not he should bow out. He didn’t give a timeline, but did say he would leave as soon as he found someone “foolish enough to take the job.” He also said he would relegate himself to running software and server teams. He has also abided by the outcomes of other polls for major decisions.

Excited to announce that I’ve a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!

My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2023

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Author: Jon Fingas. [Source Link (*), Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics]

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