- Elon Musk provided few clues about Twitter’s subsequent CEO, apart from that “she” will take over in weeks.
- The cryptic publish drove loads of individuals on Musk’s platform to counsel doable contenders.
- Observers shared theories about seasoned executives and jokes about famed scammers.
Who’s Twitter’s mysterious unnamed CEO?
That is the query that set the social community ablaze with open hypothesis, some professional reporting, and oh-so-many jokes.
It began on Thursday when Musk tweeted that he had employed a brand new CEO and “She might be beginning in ~6 weeks!”
Twitter customers shortly chimed in, with the theories starting from believable to kooky.
One severe guess got here from tech journalist Kara Swisher, who laid out her case and observations in a Twitter thread. NBCUniversal govt Linda Yaccarino was her “first greatest guess,” Swisher tweeted, calling her an “Advert powerhouse and effectively appreciated.”
—Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 11, 2023
It may develop into proper on the cash — The Wall Road Journal on Thursday evening reported that Yaccarino was “in talks” to tackle the highest job, citing sources acquainted with the matter. An NBCUniversal spokesperson advised Insider that Yaccarino was making ready for the Upfronts, an occasion the place media firms pitch advertisers.
Guesses included well-known tech names, some shortly debunked
You did not have to look far on Twitter to see some well-known tech names like Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, or Susan Wojcicki being floated.
However a consultant for Sandberg confirmed to Insider in an e mail that “it’s NOT Sheryl.”
Swisher additionally shot down the notion of YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki, who stepped down as CEO in February, saying she “would eat Elon nonsense for breakfast.” An e mail despatched to Wojcicki didn’t obtain a response.
In the meantime, some Twitter workers speculated that Ella Irwin, who’s fielding belief and security on the platform, could possibly be picked, Insider reported on Thursday. Nonetheless, some present and former Twitter workers questioned Irwin’s expertise and qualification, with one former worker who talked to Insider calling her “wildly unqualified.”
‘Elona Musk’ and joke theories – in all places
Twitter customers posted jokes about doable contenders who would possibly hold that tumultuous reign going, with the names of convicted figures Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Sorokin — often known as “Anna Delvey” — regularly arising within the feedback.
—Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) May 11, 2023
Holmes was sentenced to greater than 11 years in jail after her flamable tenure because the founding father of the fraudulent blood testing startup Theranos, whereas Sorokin, referred to as the faux heiress, was launched from jail in October.
After which there have been the tweets about “Elona Musk,” as individuals shared photoshops and different photographs of the Tesla CEO with lengthy hair, joking that Musk would by no means actually quit the job.
—Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) May 11, 2023
Final however not least, Shiv Roy, the fictional aspiring CEO on the HBO present “Succession,” was additionally tossed out as a joke, although she could have her palms quite full with a effervescent scandal involving a snakey tech bro within the fictional universe of Waystar Royco.
