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title: "Elon Musk says new Twitter CEO will take over the reins in six weeks"
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# Elon Musk says new Twitter CEO will take over the reins in six weeks

> Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that he has found a new chief executive for the social media platform and that she will be starting in about six weeks.

By Reuters · Published 12 May 2023, 04:35 SAST · Updated 12 May 2023, 03:24 SAST

## Content

"My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops," Musk said in a tweet.

Musk said in November he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company.

The move is likely to allay Tesla investors' concerns, who have been increasingly worried about the time that Musk is devoting to turning around Twitter.

Tesla shares jumped 2.4% on the news.

*(Reporting by Juby Babu and Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta.)*