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According to a report, Linda Yaccarino had previously told her friends that she aspired to be Twitter's CEO

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	Twitter&#39;s CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that he has found a new chief executive for the social media platform, months after pledging to step down.</div>
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	According to Musk, the new CEO will take over at Twitter Inc., which recently changed its name to X Corp., in the coming weeks. He did not provide a name. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that NBCUniversal&#39;s head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino, was in talks for the job.</div>
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	&quot;Excited to announce that I&rsquo;ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops,&quot; Musk said in a tweet.<br />
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			Excited to announce that I&rsquo;ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!<br />
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			My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.</p>
		&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1656748197308674048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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	<strong>Things to know about the new Twitter CEO</strong></div>
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	Linda Yaccarino has been with NBC Universal since 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile.</div>
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	Her current title is chairperson of global advertising and partnerships. She previously worked in the company&#39;s cable entertainment and digital advertising sales divisions.</div>
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	Yaccarino had spent 19 years working for Turner, where her last position was Executive Vice President/COO of Advertising Sales, Marketing, and Acquisitions.</div>
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	She is an alumna of Penn State University and majored in liberal arts and telecommunications.</div>
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	Yaccarino has been an industry advocate for better ways to measure advertising effectiveness, said the WSJ report.</div>
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	According to a Business Insider report, Yaccarino had previously told her friends that she aspired to be Twitter&#39;s CEO. A supporter of Musk, she has said the billionaire needs to be given time to turn the company around.</div>
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	However, there was also speculation about Ella Irwin becoming the next CEO. Irwin is currently in charge of Twitter&#39;s trust and safety efforts. She is said to have formed a good relationship with Musk following her promotion.</div>
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