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Elon Musk officially announced his prime for the caller CEO of Twitter connected Friday, May 12. The billionaire tweeted that Linda Yaccarino would beryllium taking implicit the presumption astatine the extremity of June, portion explaining what her relation volition entail. “I americium excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino arsenic the caller CEO of Twitter! [Linda] volition absorption chiefly connected concern operations, portion I absorption connected merchandise plan & caller technology,” helium wrote. “Looking guardant to moving with Linda to alteration this level into X, the everything app.”
I americium excited to invited Linda Yaccarino arsenic the caller CEO of Twitter!@LindaYacc volition absorption chiefly connected concern operations, portion I absorption connected merchandise plan & caller technology.
Looking guardant to moving with Linda to alteration this level into X, the everything app. https://t.co/TiSJtTWuky
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2023
The authoritative announcement came conscionable a time aft Elon had announced that he’d beryllium stepping down successful a substance of weeks. While it’s unclear what Linda taking implicit Twitter volition mean for the societal platform, she does person overmuch acquisition successful media. Find retired everything to cognize astir Linda here.
Linda worked astatine NBCUniversal earlier Twitter
Prior to being announced arsenic the caller caput of Twitter, Linda had been successful a large relation astatine NBCUniversal for galore years. She served arsenic the president of planetary advertizing and partnerships since October 2020, according to her LinkedIn page. She had been with the institution for implicit 10 years, opening arsenic the president of cablegram amusement and integer advertizing income successful November 2011. She aboriginal became the president of advertizing and lawsuit partnerships successful September 2012.
She was an enforcement astatine Turner earlier going to NBCUniversal
Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Linda had spent astir 20 years with Turner, opening successful January 1992. She served arsenic the enforcement vice president and main operating serviceman for advertizing income and selling and acquisitions, until she near successful November 2011.
She hosted Elon astatine her ‘Possible’ Miami Conference
While Linda stepping successful arsenic the caller CEO of Twitter whitethorn astonishment immoderate people, the enforcement and billionaire did transverse paths before, erstwhile she spoke with him for a keynote speech connected “Twitter 2.0” astatine the NBCUniversal “Possible” lawsuit successful Miami. The league was held soon aft Elon had made the monumental acquisition of Twitter. During the interview, she expressed however excited she was to spouse with Elon and Twitter with NBCUniversal.
Linda volition measurement up arsenic the CEO of Twitter astatine the extremity of June. (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)
She’s a Penn State alum
Before opening her vocation successful media, Linda studied Telecommunications and Liberal Arts astatine Penn State University from 1981 to 1985. She’s continued to amusement emotion for her alma mater by shouting retired their shot squad successful her Twitter bio. “Driven by manufacture progress, inspired by provocative leadership, positive don’t caput a bully brace of shoes oregon a large [Penn State Football] scoreboard either,” she wrote.
She worked with the White House during some Trump & Biden’s administrations
Other than her vocation successful media, Linda has lent her skills to 2 presidents connected each broadside of the aisle. Former President Donald Trump appointed her to the Council connected Sports Fitness and Nutrition successful 2018, and she served a two-year contract. She teamed up with President Joe Biden’s medication successful 2021 to make a campaign, encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to The Washington Post.
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