NEW YORK (AP) — X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two years running Elon Musk’s social media platform.

Musk tapped Yaccarino to replace him as CEO in 2023, shortly after purchasing the platform, then called Twitter, for $44 billion in October 2022. He said Yaccarino would focus primarily on Twitter's business while he focused on product design and new technology.

Polymarket users are split as to who will take over as CEO of X. A very thin majority of users believe no one will be named to the post, while nearly as many are banking on CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki. Linda Yaccarino,

Linda Yaccarino, who has resigned as CEO of X, first gained note in the Deer Park High School yearbook's "Who's Who 1981"

Yaccarino said in a statement on X that she is "immensely grateful" to Musk for entrusting her with running the company since May 2023

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X’s CEO — and leaving the platform once known as Twitter in a worse place than when she started. A day after X users circulated viral screenshots of the company’s Grok chatbot denigrating Jews and declaring itself “MechaHitler,

As CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino had a cushy job, a fancy paycheck, and the ability to contribute to the future of tech. So why did she step down Tuesday? It’s a tale as old as time: her “parents” were going through a divorce,

Musk has conducted polls on whether he should sell his Tesla stock or to reinstate President Donald Trump to the platform.