Overview

• Linda Yaccarino announced her resignation on X on July 9, 2025, ending her two-year tenure as chief executive officer
• She thanked Elon Musk for entrusting her with protecting free expression and transforming the platform into an “app for everything”
• Yaccarino offered no explanation for her departure but highlighted X’s business recovery and renewed advertiser confidence during her leadership
• X now confronts strategic and governance questions following criticism of its AI chatbot Grok for antisemitic outputs
• Her time as CEO followed Musk’s 2022 Twitter acquisition and featured cost cuts, executive shake-ups and efforts to win back advertisers