X CEO Linda Yaccarino Leaves Post After Two Years

Elon Musk has issued a terse public response to news that the chief executive officer of his social media company, ‘X’, Linda Yaccarino, is stepping down after two years.

Her departure comes at a time of tumult for the platform, which was taken over by Musk’s artificial intelligence, AI, venture, xAI, in March, and has been in the spotlight for antisemitic posts churned out by its AI chatbot, Grok.

In a post on X, Yaccarino said she was immensely grateful to Musk for entrusting her with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.

Musk posted a five word response, saying: “Thank you for your contributions”.

It is not clear what sparked the decision, or whether there has been any breakdown in the relationship between the two leaders.

Yaccarino was previously head of advertising at NBCUniversal, where she was credited with helping to steer it through the upheaval caused by technology firms.