Linda Yaccarino Steps Down as CEO of X

Yaccarino joined at a time when X was undergoing a massive overhaul with the Musk team.

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, speaks with Catherine Herridge during a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, announced that she will be stepping down from the post after joining the platform in May 2023.

Before joining X, she worked for NBC Universal, and before that for Turner Broadcasting System for 15 years. Yaccarino joined X after the platform was acquired by Elon Musk in 2022.