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The new CEO will start in about six weeks, Mr Musk announced on Thursday
Elon Musk has announced that he is stepping down as chief executive of Twitter to make way for a new female boss.
Mr Musk said on Thursday that he has found a new CEO for the social media platform and that she will be starting in about six weeks.
“My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops,” he wrote in a tweet.
Mr Musk did not name the candidate.
Elon Musk on X (formerly Twitter): “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops. / X”
Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.
The move is likely to allay Tesla investors’ concerns, who have been increasingly worried about the time that Mr Musk is devoting to turning around Twitter.
Tesla Inc shares jumped 2.4 per cent in volume spike on the news.
Mr Musk, who said he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, has previously not named any prospective candidates.
Mr Musk has been saying for nearly six months that he plans to find a new head for San Francisco-based Twitter.
In mid-November, just a few weeks after buying the social media platform for 44 billion US dollars (£38.4 billion), he told a Delaware court that he does not want to be the CEO of any company.
While testifying, Mr Musk said: “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time.”
