The billionaire, owner of the company behind the social network, presented to the vote of its users his continuity as a top leader following the criticisms received by the announced drastic changes to company policies. This query was produced by a few days Musk lose the lead as richest person in the world after his latest entrepreneurial choices, thus going down to second place.
I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will only manage the software and server teams.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022
The current CEO of Twitter, who also runs the car company Teslalaunched the binding referendum this Monday through a message on the same social network you bought just two months ago with a text in which he clarified that the decision of its users will be binding: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will stick to the results of this survey”.
Musk steps down as CEO of Twitter
Elon Musk’s first reaction to the outcome of the referendum which he promoted on Twitter on Monday occurred in the early hours of this Wednesday, almost two days later: “I will step down as Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director) as soon as I find someone pretty stupid sufficient to accept the assignment. “I will only manage the software and server teams after that,” said the South African billionaire.
Versus more than 17 million votesthe survey produced a result of 57.5% of voters who did not want that the second richest man in the world would continue in his position as CEO of Twitter, while 42.5% showed their support. The announcement of Musk’s resignation as CEO of Twitter arrives just two months later for the execution of the agreement purchase of the company which manages the social network for 44,000 million dollars (41,000 million euros).
During this time, Musk has been involved in several policies following his decisions at the head of the social network, including the recent decision to prohibit the promotion of other social networks on your platform, which contradicts his promise to defend freedom of expression. Likewise, during the time when the mogul was the top leader of Twitter, the former US president Donald Trump regained access to his account, which had been disabled since early 2021 for promoting the storming of the US Capitol, while the profiles of several journalists were suspended for allegedly offering personal information about Musk.
