Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO if he finds replacement – The Washington Post

Elon Musk said he would step down from the CEO role at Twitter — just as soon as he finds someone else “foolish enough to take the job.”Still, Musk plans to keep control of the software and servers teams at the social media company, key areas that will allow him to control product decisions.Musk tweeted his decision Tuesday night in response to an unscientific and unrepresentative poll he launched two days ago, which asked users whether he should step down as head of the company. More than 10 million people, or 57.5 percent of respondents, voted that he should leave the position.Musk had previously said he would abide by the results of the informal poll, which he launched after even some of his own allies criticized some of Twitter’s recent policies. The poll was one in a string of public blows to his image since he took on the role. This month, he was booed by the crowd when he went onstage at comedian Dave Chappelle’s San Francisco show.The entrepreneur, who also leads Tesla and SpaceX, took control of the social media company in October in a $44 billion deal. Musk previously indicated he didn’t intend to remain in Twitter’s
Read More