Elon Musk Says He Will Resign , as Twitter CEO , Once a Replacement Is Found.
Elon Musk made the statement via Twitter on Dec. 21.
I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I
will just run the software
& servers teams, Elon Musk, Twitter.
The announcement comes two days after Musk posted a poll on his Twitter account.
... asking users if they thought he should resign from the position.
The Twitter poll drew in 17.5 million votes.
57 percent of the votes were in favor of Musk stepping down as CEO.
Musk's profile has 122 million followers.
Since Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in Oct., .
... his leadership of the social media platform has been widely criticized on a number of fronts.
In stepping down as CEO, it is unclear how removed from the platform's leadership Musk would actually be.
A tweet the entrepreneur posted on Dec. 18 suggested he has little faith in finding a replacement.
No one who wants the job can actually keep Twitter alive, Elon Musk, Twitter.
After further review of our work force, we have identified roles within our organizational structure which are no
longer necessary, Twitter Email, via 'The New York Times'.
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