“I will become executive chairman of the board and chief technology officer, to oversee products, software and operations,” he added Thursday evening.
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Elon Musk said on Twitter, Thursday, May 11, that he had hired a general manager to replace him at the head of the platform, while specifying that he would keep control of the social network that he has upset over the past six months. .
“Excited to announce that I have hired a new General Manager for X/Twitter. She will be starting in about 6 weeks!”, tweeted the billionaire, who bought the company at the end of October and renamed it “X Corp” last month. He did not give the identity of his successor.
“I will become executive chairman of the board and chief technology officer, to oversee products, software and operations”he added.
A promise that dates from December
This news is not a surprise. The boss of Tesla and SpaceX had made a poll in December to ask Twitter users whether or not he should leave the direction of the platform. Some 17 million of them had spoken, including 57% in favor of his departure.
After procrastinating, Elon Musk tweeted that he planned to step down as soon as he had “found someone crazy enough” to succeed him.
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