New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is inspired by Elon Musk, says she is excited to transform the business

By Divyanshi SharmaEver since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the micro-blogging platform has gone through some radical changes – both internally and externally. For instance, Musk fired around 80 percent employees and a lot of perks for the employees had been cut down in order to bring the costs down. On the other hand, Twitter users who had earned the once-prestigious verification badge lost their legacy blue ticks as Musk introduced Twitter Blue. Musk’s management style has often invited criticism, both from employees and Twitter users. And when the entrepreneur announced that Twitter will soon have a new CEO, people were quite excited to find out who it will be.

Musk will be passing on the mantle to Linda Yaccarino, and she will assume her new role in a couple of weeks. The news was announced on Friday but until now, Yaccarino has stayed quiet on the matter. Now, she has finally spoken about her upcoming role and how she has always been ‘inspired from Elon Musk’.

Twitter new CEO on her role

Responding to Musk’s tweet of welcoming her to the new role, Linda Yaccarino wrote, “I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I’m excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together!”

In another tweet, she wrote that she is not ‘as prolific as Musk’ on this platform yet but she is quite committed to building Musk’s Twitter 2.0.

She wrote, “I see I have some new followers, I’m not as prolific as @elonmusk (yet!), but I’m just as committed to the future of this platform. Your feedback is VITAL to that future. I’m here for all of it. Let’s keep the conversation going and build Twitter 2.0 together.”

Musk’s announcement of Twitter new CEO

As the new CEO of Twitter, Yaccarino will be primarily focused on business operations, while Musk will be responsible for product design and new technology. Musk took to Twitter to make the announcement of Yaccarino’s appointment, expressing his excitement to work with her to transform Twitter into “X, the everything app.”

He wrote on Friday, “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter! @LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology. Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app.”

Yaccarino had earlier worked at NBC Universal for two decades and has known Musk for a long time. In 2022, she had asked Musk to stop tweeting after 3 am during an interview.