Elon Musk has said he will “abide” by the results of a Twitter poll asking users if he should “step down” as chief executive. On Sunday (December 18), the billionaire launched a poll on his Twitter account which asked: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll,” along with the options Yes or No.
When the poll closed on Monday morning, 57.5 percent of respondents – more than 10m users – had voted “Yes”, after more than 17.5m votes were cast. The Tesla boss has not yet publicly responded to the vote and it is unclear if or when he would hand over the day-to-day running of the social media giant, but he said before the vote closed that there was “no successor” lined up.
Musk only took over the social media firm two months ago in a deal worth $44bn (£36 billion). He posted two cryptic tweets late on Sunday, the first of which said: “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it.”
