Elon Musk Says He Will Resign As Twitter CEO “As Soon As…”

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he will step down as CEO of Twitter. (File)

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Elon Musk said Tuesday that he will step down as CEO of Twitter after finding a replacement.

“I’ll step down 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,” Musk wrote on Twitter.

I will quit being CEO as soon as I find someone stupid enough to take the job! After that, I’ll just run the software and server groups.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022

It’s the first time Musk has hinted at stepping down as head of the social media platform after Twitter users voted decisively for him to step down in a poll the billionaire launched on Sunday afternoon.

Wall Street calls for Musk’s resignation have been growing for weeks, and recently even Tesla Inc bulls have questioned his focus on the social media platform and whether it is properly driving the electric vehicle business, where it is central to product design and product development. in the design engineering

Musk himself admitted he had too much on his plate, and said he would be looking for a new CEO at Twitter. He said on Sunday, however, that there was no successor and that “nobody wants the job that can really keep Twitter alive.”

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