American billionaire Elon Musk announced yesterday, Tuesday, that he will step down as CEO of Twitter, as soon as he finds a "foolish" person to take over.
Musk said in a tweet, "I will resign from my position as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take over the job! After that, I will only run the software and server teams."
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.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2022
This announcement comes after more than a day of silence regarding the poll that Musk himself launched on the platform, in which Ghalya Twitter users supported his stepping down from his position in the company.
More than 17 million users participated in that vote, 57.5% of whom said Musk should resign.
And the billionaire returned, referring to this result only indirectly, as he stated that future opinion polls could be limited to paid users of the "Twitter Blue" system.
Musk, who heads electric car maker Tesla, has sparked controversy since he acquired Twitter in October for $44 billion.
Since his acquisition of this company, Musk has dismissed half of the senior employees at Twitter, reactivated the account of former US President Donald Trump, and canceled the policy to combat misinformation regarding Covid-19.
The American billionaire also froze the accounts of some journalists, and prevented the promotion via Twitter of competing social platforms, before returning from that.
These many changes aroused the attention of policy makers in both the United States and Europe.
The European Commission has previously warned Musk that the European Union may impose "sanctions" on him because of the threat he poses to media freedom.
Twitter's share price has fallen by a third since Musk bought the platform.