{"id":1268286,"date":"2022-12-21T04:10:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T04:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/21\/elon-musk-says-he-will-resign-as-twitters-ceo-once-he-finds-a-replacement\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T04:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T04:10:26","slug":"elon-musk-says-he-will-resign-as-twitters-ceo-once-he-finds-a-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/21\/elon-musk-says-he-will-resign-as-twitters-ceo-once-he-finds-a-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter&#8217;s CEO, once he finds a replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elon Musk has confirmed he will resign as Twitter\u2019s chief executive officer as soon as he finds a successor. File photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/p>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Dec. 20 (UPI) \u2014<\/span> Elon Musk has confirmed he will resign as Twitter\u2019s chief executive officer as soon as he finds a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>While Musk will remain the company\u2019s owner, he made his resignation as Twitter CEO official Tuesday evening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1605372724800393216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a tweet<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u201cI will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software and servers teams,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-block embed-object\" contenteditable=\"false\" readonly=\"readonly\"><emb><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software &amp; servers teams.\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1605372724800393216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/div>\n<p>The billionaire\u2019s announcement comes more than a day after millions of Twitter users responded to a poll he posted questioning whether he should step down as the company\u2019s new CEO.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1604617643973124097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll closed<\/a> on Monday after 12 hours and more than 17 million votes, with more than 57% saying yes, Musk should resign.<\/p>\n<p>Musk had previously indicated that he would eventually appoint someone else to serve as Twitter\u2019s CEO, explaining that \u201conce Twitter is set on the right path, I think it is a much easier thing to manage\u201d when compared to his other holdings, Tesla and SpaceX.\n<\/p>\n<p>Musk became Twitter\u2019s new CEO in October after purchasing the social media giant for $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over, Musk has faced backlash for laying off about 50% of the company\u2019s workers and reinstating a number of banned accounts, including former President Donald Trump\u2019s. He also faced criticism for suspending the accounts of several prominent U.S. journalists for what he called \u201cdoxxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou doxx, you get suspended. End of story. That\u2019s it,\u201d Musk said Friday, referring to the practice of sharing personal information including a person\u2019s location online.\n<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who has been known for making decisions based on Twitter polls, also stirred controversy for banning and then unbanning links to other media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and fast-growing Twitter rival Mastodon.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Musk was asked whether he had a successor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1604628761395138561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cThere is no successor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has confirmed he will resign as Twitter\u2019s chief executive officer as soon as he finds a successor. File photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo Dec. 20 (UPI) \u2014 Elon Musk has confirmed he will resign as Twitter\u2019s chief executive officer as soon as he finds a replacement. 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