After months of controversy since taking power and days of dithering, American billionaire Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Tuesday December 20 that he will leave the management of the social network as soon as he has ” found someone crazy enough ” to replace it. He announces that he wants to focus on the ” software and server teams of the platform.
With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
” I will step down as CEO as soon as I find someone stupid enough to take the job! “: After several days of waiting, Elon Musk ended up reacting to the poll he himself had launched to find out if he should leave the management of Twitter, while announcing that he would respect the result. 57% of the 17.5 million voters had invited him to leave.
A result that had previously made the boss say: “ Interesting, this seems to suggest that we do have a slight bot problem on Twitter “. He also announced that from now on surveys will be reserved for paying subscribers.
This survey followed a new controversy due to suspension of journalist accounts that follow the activities of Elon Musk. Of the finally re-authorized accounts after yet another consultation with the patron’s subscribers.
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
Since the acquisition by Elon Musk and his partners for 44 billion dollars, Twitter has lost more than half of its employeesor through job cuts – a new wave of layoffs started last Friday – either by cascading resignations.
And it is not forbidden to imagine that this soap opera and this mode of management are one of the reasons for the fall in the share price of one of Elon Musk’s other companies: the car manufacturer Tesla, whose he has sold many shares to obtain the cash he clearly needs.
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