Linda Yaccarino announced on Tuesday that she was leaving her role as X's chief executive. Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X's CEO after two years, she wrote on the platform. "I'm incredibly proud of the X team," Yaccarino wrote. Related: Who Is Linda Yaccarino? Yaccarino began as CEO of X in May of 2023, after Musk bought the company, then known as Twitter, for $44 billion.