Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 21: Elon Musk announced on Tuesday that he will step down as Twitter’s CEO once he found a successor, ostensibly in reaction to the results of a poll he had conducted that suggested users wanted him to go.
“I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk tweeted, saying he will then only run software and server teams at Twitter.
Since October 27, Musk has completely taken control of Twitter. As CEO, he has frequently courted controversy by firing half of the company’s employees, re-admitting far-right leaders to the site, suspending journalists, and attempting to charge for previously free services.
Just weeks after buying the firm for $44 billion, 57 percent of respondents, or 10 million votes, supported Musk stepping down in the survey findings that were released on Monday (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore).
Musk has used Twitter polls to make other choices on the social media network, including reactivating Donald Trump’s account and the accounts of other suspended users.
He mocked a rumour that he was looking for someone to take over as CEO of Twitter earlier this week by mocking it with a laughing emoji and tweeting that “no one wants the job who can genuinely keep Twitter alive.”
