Musk Will Resign As Twitter CEO After ’Finding Someone Foolish Enough To Take Job’

Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday night that he would step down from the CEO role at Twitter Inc. after finding a successor. This comes two days after he asked users whether he should step down — most respondents answered ”Yes.” 

”I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk tweeted. But the billionaire will still be running ”the software & servers teams.” These are critical areas at the social media company to control product decisions. 

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 (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022

Musk’s tweet was in response to a Sunday night poll that asked users whether he should step down as head of the company. The survey attracted 17.5 million votes, with 57.7% of respondents voting ”Yes.” 

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

After suggestions were made that bots might have skewed the survey, an actual poll with real people conducted by Harris, a voter research company, found the opposite result, with 61% of respondents voting ”Yes” for Musk to continue his crusade to liberate Twitter. 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Picture in our poll is even better for @elonmusk among those who say they use @Twitter:

61% — Stay On
39% — Step Down

Again, this is a national, representative & scientific poll.

Updated data release will be up soon: https://t.co/3MYeVCPrxT

— HarrisX (@Harris_X_) December 20, 2022

Musk had previously based decision-making at Twitter on ”Polls.” And it appears he has kept his promise (so far). 

On Sunday, Musk told 122 million Twitter followers that he had no successor in mind. 

”No one who wants the job can actually keep Twitter alive,” he tweeted.

No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 19, 2022

The news comes as Tesla investors complain that Musk’s chaos over at Twitter is impacting Tesla’s performance. Shares in the EV company have plunged more than 60% this year. On Tuesday alone, shares fell 8%. In premarket trading, shares are up more than 2% on the news. 

In the future, Musk has also said voting on major policy decisions will only be done by paying Twitter Blue subscribers.