- Musk confirmed that he’d be stepping down from the roll as CEO of Twitter
- But he said he needs to find a replacement ‘foolish enough’ to take over
- The tech billionaire put out a poll over the weekend asking users to vote on whether he should resign as head of the social media site
- Perhaps to his surprise, the majority of people voted for him to leave the role
- Being a man of his word, Musk confirmed on Tuesday that he would step down
Elon Musk will resign as Twitter CEO after being defeated in his own disastrous poll, he confirmed tonight.
The Tesla boss said on Sunday he would ‘abide by’ the result of the poll he organized and promised to honor – where he asked users whether he should step down.
Tonight, he confirmed that he’d be stepping down from the roll – after he finds a replacement ‘foolish enough’ to take over.
The billionaire tweeted: ‘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.’
Normally a prolific user of the platform, Musk, who also runs car maker Tesla and rocket firm SpaceX, did not tweet in the immediate hours following the poll.
