Musk Had a Five-Word Response to Yaccarino's Resignation

Leah Barkoukis | July 10, 2025 8:30 AM

After two years as CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino announced Wednesday she is stepping down from the position.

"When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company," she wrote on X. "I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App."

Yaccarino, who was previously head of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, said she was proud of the team and all that was accomplished since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in 2023.

"I’m incredibly proud of the X team - the historic business turn around we have accomplished together has been nothing short of remarkable," she continued. "We started with the critical early work necessary to prioritize the safety of our users—especially children, and to restore advertiser confidence. This team has worked relentlessly from groundbreaking innovations like Community Notes, and, soon, X Money to bringing the most iconic voices and content to the platform. Now, the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter with @xai."

Yaccarino did not give a reason for her departure, but said she would be "cheering" the platform on from the sidelines.

"X is truly a digital town square for all voices and the world’s most powerful culture signal," she concluded. "We couldn’t have achieved that without the support of our users, business partners, and the most innovative team in the world. I’ll be cheering you all on as you continue to change the world. As always, I’ll see you on 𝕏."

Musk's brief response didn't sit well with X users.

I asked Grok what would have been an appropriate thank you "send off" would look like. Here it is:

Thank you, Linda, for your incredible leadership over the past two years. Your steady hand stabilized X’s finances post-acquisition, navigated us through regulatory challenges…
— Barbara Burton ⭐ (@UBRox1) July 9, 2025