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San Francisco: Elon Musk, the head of Tesla Company, has appointed Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter. Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yacarino said in a tweet on Saturday that she is inspired by Elon Musk’s vision to create a brighter future and is excited to help transform the social media platform, Reuters reported. . This was the first time that Yacarino spoke publicly.
Elon Musk acquired the ownership of Twitter only a few months back. He announced the appointment of Twitter’s new CEO Linda Yacarino on Friday. Thanking Musk, Yacarino tweeted, “I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I’m excited to bring this vision to Twitter and help transform this business together.”
Thank you @elonmusk!
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! https://t.co/BcvySu7K76
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) May 13, 2023
Yacarino, who spent several years modernizing its advertising business as Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal advertising chief, said he remains committed to Twitter’s future. Elon Musk admitted earlier this year that Twitter faced a sharp decline in advertising revenue. While Elon Musk said Yacarino would help build an “everything app” that he previously said could offer a variety of services, such as peer-to-peer payments.
His selection of an advertising giant indicated that digital advertising would be his main focus. Elon Musk has long said that he wants to find a new leader for Twitter. Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc. He said on Friday that bringing in Yacarino as Twitter’s new head would help him devote more time to Tesla.
