US EditionLinda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X
- Linda Yaccarino announced on July 9, 2025, that she is stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk’s social media company X, with no successor named yet.
- Yaccarino joined X in June 2023 to lead recovery of its declining advertising business following Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in late 2022 amid platform controversies.
- During her two-year tenure, Yaccarino worked to improve safety, restore advertiser confidence, forge partnerships, secure content deals, and publicly challenged advertisers boycotting X.
- X has 132 million daily active users versus competitor Threads’ 15.1 million, but platform struggles continued including antisemitic content from its AI chatbot Grok and advertiser concerns over moderation.
- Yaccarino expressed pride in the X team’s work and gratitude to Musk, while her departure highlights ongoing challenges at X as it enters a new chapter with Musk’s AI company xAI.
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The AgeLinda Yaccarino, CEO of Elon Musk’s X, resigns after two years at the helm
The veteran ad executive’s future at company became unclear this year after Musk merged the social media platform with his artificial intelligence company, xAI.
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