Elon Musk said Tuesday that he will step down as CEO of Twitter once a replacement is found.
“I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone stupid enough to take the job! I will continue to manage the software and server teams,” the the billionaire posted on Twitter.
On Sunday, Musk launched a poll on the social media platform asking users whether he should step down as chief and said he would respect the results.
More than 17.5 million votes were cast. The majority – 57.5% – voted yes.
Shortly after posting the poll, Musk said he didn’t have anyone to take over. “No one wants the job that can keep Twitter alive. There is no successor,” he tweeted.
Musk named himself CEO less than two months ago, shortly after completing his $44 billion takeover of Twitter in late October. He immediately dissolved the company’s board of directors, fired top executives and laid off about half of the company’s workforce.
Since then, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” has made a long list of erratic changes to the company’s policies, including those on content moderation, user suspensions and competition promotion.
He has repeatedly made and then reversed decisions, seemingly on a personal whim, and implemented major platform changes based on “yes” or “no” polls on Twitter.
Last week, he caused a huge backlash after Twitter suddenly and without explanation suspended several top tech journalists who reported on him. He later accused them of actually sharing “assassination coordinates,” referring to a Twitter account that tracked his private jet flights.
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