X CEO Linda Yaccarino Resigns After 2 Years

LINDA YACCARINO, who was hired two years ago by Elon Musk as chief executive officer of X, is stepping down less than three months after the social-media platform was absorbed by Musk's artificial intelligence startup.

- LYNN DOAN

"After two incredible years, I've decided to step down as CEO of X," Yaccarino said in a post on X on Wednesday. "I'll be cheering you all on as you continue to change the world."

The former NBCUniversal executive was hired by Musk in May 2023 after he'd already fired or lost about 75% of employees at the company known as Twitter. Over the course of her two-year tenure, Yaccarino was tasked with reversing an advertiser exodus from the platform, triggered in part by Musk's own erratic content moderation decisions and posts.

She has since had to repeatedly defend her boss and the platform from critics who've pointed to a rise in violent content, antisemitism, and misinformation on X, among other things.