NBCUniversal President of Global Advertising and Partnerships Linda Yaccarino is in discussions to serve as CEO of Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed people. The New York Times, citing two unnamed people, has reported that Elon Musk is in discussions to hire the woman for the role.
Elon Musk announced Thursday that he has hired someone to be the social media platform’s CEO and will start the job in about six weeks, though he did not reveal the woman’s identity.
“Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. Starting in 6 weeks! My role will transition to Executive Chairman and CTO, overseeing products, software, and sysops,” Musk tweeted. “Commitment to open source transparency and accepting a wide range of viewpoints remains unchanged,” Musk also tweeted on Thursday.
u201c@alx Commitment to open source transparency and accepting a wide range of viewpoints remains unchangedu201d
— ALX ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8 (@ALX ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8) 1683854679
Yaccarino’s LinkedIn profile indicates he has ties to the World Economic Forum.
“Yaccarino is Chair of the WEF’s Future of Work Task Force and sits on the WEF Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry Governor’s Steering Committee. She is also very committed to the Value in Media initiative,” he says the LinkedIn page.
She is the immediate past president of the Ad Council’s board of directors. While serving as president, she helped promote vaccination against COVID-19.
“As Chair of the 2021-2022 Ad Council, Yaccarino partnered with the business community, the White House and government agencies to create a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, featuring Pope Francis and reaching more than 200 millions of Americans,” according to her LinkedIn profile, which also describes her as a “global leader.”
In December, Musk held a Twitter poll asking if he should step down as head of the company. More than half of the votes called for Musk’s resignation. “I’ll be stepping down as CEO as soon as I find someone dumb enough to take the job! After that I’ll just be running the software and server teams,” he tweeted.
I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone stupid enough to take the job! After that, I’ll just run the software and server teams.u201d
— Elon Musk (@ElonMusk) 1671405633
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