Linda Yaccarino, a longtime media executive, is leaving her role as chairman of global advertising and partnerships at
Universal and lead the most incredible team,” she said in a statement Friday. “We’ve transformed our company and the entire industry.” Musk on Thursday said he had found a new CEO to take over Twitter, months after he first promised to step back from the role. He said the CEO would be starting in about six weeks. Musk did not name the potential CEO, but the Wall Street Journal reported that Yaccarino was in talks for the role. Here’s what you should know about Yaccarino.
Universal, she oversees a 2,000-member global team, according to her company profile. That would be more people on her team than are left working at Twitter, which Musk said in an interview with the BBC last month is down to 1,500 people after multiple layoffs under his watch.