Elon Musk has promised to step down as head of Twitter and now he is in search of a new CEO of Twitter who can run the social media platform smoothly. Elon musk said, “The question is not finding a CEO, but finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive.” As the billionaire is searching for candidates eligible to replace Elon Musk and can run the social media platform in a profitable way. Elon Musk set up a poll on Twitter over the weekend and asked his 122.3 million followers whether he should step down as head of the social media platform. The billionaire added that he will abide by the results of the poll, which ended with 57.5% of over 17.5 million respondents wanting him to step down as the new CEO of Twitter. There’s a little problem: It emerged that bots, lots of them, voted. A separate poll taken by an independent company showed more people wanted Musk to stay put. Despite the “bots” issue, Musk may honor his word and start searching for reliable candidates eligible to replace Elon Musk. But then, to date, no replacement had been announced/found. The article enlists the top 10 candidates eligible to replace Elon Musk as the CEO of Twitter.
Jack Dorsey
He probably knows Twitter more than anyone else. He was the founder the and CEO of both Twitter and Square, a payment platform. He came under pressure from investors who believed Twitter was not getting enough attention while also at the helm at Square. Dorsey not only left Twitter, but he also resigned from his board seat, meaning he has had no known connection with Musk aside from originally supporting his purchase. Dorsey left, finally, as CEO in November 2021. But he has stepped in twice to run Twitter, and this time maybe he can profit from Twitter.
Sriram Krishnan
The Indian-American technocrat is a technologist, engineer, investor, and partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He has invested in Atlys, and also serves on the boards of several firms, including Hopin. He has previously directed product development teams at Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo!, Snapchat, and Facebook. He is top in the list of candidates eligible to replace Elon Musk.
David Sacks
The PayPal investor and founding member (together with Musk) has been a crucial figure behind Musk’s acquisition of Twitter — foreshadowing some of his friend’s most eye-catching moves. Musk and Sacks have many things in common. He can be the new CEO Of Twitter.
Lex Fridman
Fridman is a Russian-American computer scientist, AI researcher at MIT, and podcast host. On Dec. 19, Fridman offered to replace Musk on Twitter “for free”. To which Musk replied approvingly: “You must like pain a lot. One catch: you have to invest your life savings in Twitter and it has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy since May.
Changpeng Zhao
Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao is also a key investor in Twitter after his company reportedly invested $500 million in Musk’s initiative. Zhao, known by his initials CZ, has a net worth of more than $13 billion. His management of Binance is under investigation following the collapse of rival exchange FTX. CZ, a Musk fan, urged Musk to stay in place, although he may not be interested in monitoring the company himself, especially with his own finances potentially jeopardized.
Snoop Dogg
Since Musk’s departure has been subjected to a popular vote, candidates eligible to replace Elon Musk should be chosen in the same manner. So, on December 19, Snoop Dogg ran a quick Twitter poll in which 3.4 million users voted — 80 percent picked “Yes” to his question “Should I run Twitter?”
Jared Kushner
There is much speculation after the son-in-law of US ex-president Donald Trump was pictured with Musk at Sunday’s World Cup final in Qatar, prompting some to ponder over the connection between the two men. Kushner was the White House senior advisor during the Trump administration. But still, it is not whether or not Musk would offer him the post, and whether he would agree, is anyone’s guess.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistle-blower, was obviously joking when he offered to lead Twitter. Ever since he leaked information on US intelligence agencies’ widespread internet and phone eavesdropping, Snowden has been a pariah in America. However, considering his espionage allegations in the US, it appears like administering Twitter from Moscow would be tough.
Jimmy Donaldson
Jimmy ‘Mr Beast’ Donaldson, tagged as the “world’s most famous YouTuber”, on Thursday asked Elon Musk if he could be Twitter’s new CEO, days after the Tesla and SpaceX chief was, by popular opinion, asked to step down as the micro-blogging site’s head. When the 24-year-old YouTuber asked the world’s second-richest billionaire, asked him: “Can I be the new Twitter CEO?”, Musk replied: “It’s not out of the question.”
Elon Musk
A shoot-from-the-ship Musk may be replaced by a more circumspect version of himself. Musk is known for EVs (Tesla) and rockets (Space X and Starlink), but his core competency is that of a coder, having written a game at age 12 (Blastar) and the code behind PayPal, the first online payments platform.
