X CEO Linda Yaccarino quits just two years after Elon Musk hired her
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Wednesday she is stepping down from her post after two years spearheading a complicated overhaul at Elon Musk’s social media site.
“After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of X,” Yaccarino wrote in an X post.
Linda Yaccarino announced her exit as X CEO on Wednesday.
“When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” she added. “I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.”
Yaccarino, a former NBCUniversal advertising executive, did not detail the reasons for her exit.
The departure was announced just hours after X was forced to disable text responses from its “Grok” AI chatbot after it began referring to itself as “MechaHitler” and espousing pro-Nazi views.
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One source close to the situation told The Post that Yaccarino’s exit was in the works for over a week and was not related to the Grok meltdown.
“She got advertisers back and made it profitable again,” the source said. “Felt it was time to move on.”
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