“After two incredible years I decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏.” Yaccarino wrote on X Wednesday. “When @elon Muschus And for the first time I spoke of his vision for X, I knew that it would be the opportunity to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I am incredibly grateful to him that he is responsible for protecting the company, turning the company over and transforming X into the app. ”
Yaccarino X competed in June 2023And was in the company for two years. After decades, after decades, she stood in the media and advertising industry with long stints at NBC and Turner Broadcasting System. Former colleague previously told Assets That she turned out to be a granular manager who was able to manage difficult customers and “performed a lot of misogynis”.
It is not clear why Yaccarino X is leaving, although the social media platform has certainly had its share of problems since the takeover of Musk. Many users have left the platform Since the Musk took over in 2022 and like competitors Bluesky have become more popular Last year. It was only this week that a chat bot by Elon Musks Ai Company named Grok released Common anti -Semitic contributions to X. The Chatbot account on X later published: “We are aware of the current contributions from Grok and are actively working on removing the inappropriate contributions.”
However, Yaccarino is only the latest top -class musk lieutenant who has resigned from his business empire in the past few months especially volatile. These are the other musk lieutenants who have recently separated from the Mogul.
Omead Afshar, former sales manager in North America and Europe in Tesla
Departure: June 2025
Afshar is a former top adjutant of the musk that has gone Tesla last month. He carried out sales and business activities in North America and Europe, but was also seen as a deputy for Musk when he was not in the company Wall Street Journal.
Jenna Ferrua, former director of HR near Tesla
Departure: June 2025
Ferrua reports left Tesla Last month after seven years in the car manufacturer. Her LinkedIn The profile does not reflect a change in your employment status.
Milan Kovac, ex-head of the Optimus Humanoid robot team at Tesla
Departure: June 2025
Kovac was “the brain behind CEO Elon Musk’s trillion dream of a robot future”, ” Assets wrote when the manager announced that he would leave Tesla last month. Kovac, who worked for Tesla for nine years, said he would spend time with his family.
Vineet Mehta, former head of the battery architecture at Tesla
Departure: May 2025The former 18-year-old Tesla veteran recently left the company by itself, he continued to write LinkedInalthough his departure came as A surprise for many.
Mark Westfall, former head of mechanical engineering at Tesla Energy
Departure: April 2025
Westfall spent a decade in Tesla before leaving four months ago. “It is difficult to put into words what Tesla meant for me – I have never imagined LinkedIn. He is now a director of engineering at Redwood Materials.
Brett Weitz, former global head of content, talent and brand sales at X.
Departure: June 2025
Weitz called his time at X “One Höll of a Ride” when he recognized his departure Is LinkedIn last month. The experienced media manager had previously worked on Warnermedia and Turner before he came to X in 2023. Deadline reported This Weitz had guided the video series in the documentary style of X and started video podcasts, including Khloé Kardashian’s Khloé in Wonderland.
David Lau, former Vice President of Software Engineering at Tesla
Departure: April 2025
Louse reported departure At the beginning of this year it was described as “abrupt”. He had worked for the EV Maker for 12 years. Lau was attributed to change the way software was managed in cars after doing pioneering work A superior experience For the user at Tesla.
Dave Heinzinger, former head of the media strategy at X
Departure: March 2025
Heinzinger’s term at X could be “measured” in “Scaramucis. ““ The ex-head of the media strategy took four months in the role before it resigned in March for personal reasons. AxiosHe praised Yaccarino’s hands for recruiting top talents on the way to the door. “I can say that Linda builds one of the most impressive teams in the world. The talent institution was incredible and the platform is stronger, more innovative and more consistent than ever,” he said. He is now President of the Haymaker Group, a PR company in New York in which he had worked for six years before jumping on X.
Haofei Wang, former product technology at X
Departure: March 2025
Wang, who came to Twitter in July 2021, left X in March for unknown reasons, so loudly The verge. (Wang’s LinkedIn profile still finds that he is an employee at X.) As others on this list, Wang worked closely with Musk and reports, according to reports, as a buffer and communication channel between Musk and the engineering department. Before he joined the social media website, he was Vice President for Engineering in Streamer Tubi.
Tom Ochinero, former Vice President of Commercial Business at SpaceX
Departure: February 2024
Ochinero is a former Vice President of Musk Space Company and is one of the few managers on a high level Leave SpaceX. He is now the chair and founding partner of An investment group in early stages.
Nick Pickles, former Vice President for Global Affairs at X
Departure: September 2024
Pickles, a top spokesman for X, left the company last September after a decade in Twitter and X had worked in public guidelines. According to his LinkedIn, he is now Chief Policy Officer for human tools.
Renato Lite Monteiro, former global data protection officer at X
Departure: September 2024
Monterio was one of the hold -ups from the Twitter years of X, which remained on the Social Media website after Musk had taken over the management. The former professor of computer sciences left the Academic Academy in 2020 and initially worked for the company in Brazil before moving to Ireland. He stopped last September in September to take a “personal free time”, he wrote about LinkedIn. Five months ago he became Vice President for Legal Protection at E & A Technology and Investment Group in Abu Dhabi.
David Zhang, former roadster and next generation vehicle manager at Tesla
Departure: July 2024
Zhang, the manager behind Teslas Model S and Cybertruck, entered Tesla in 2015. He left in July 2024 and confirmed his departure Is LinkedIn Months later wrote: “Thank you and (late) Farewell, Tesla. It was a privilege and an honor to have dedicated me to the mission.”
Joe Benarrroch, former operations manager at X
Departure: June 2024
Benarroch was held yaccarinos top lieutenant and resigned from the social media site in early June 2024 after spending a year and a month in the company. The LinkedIn profile of the Executive says that Yaccarino has recruited Benarrche from NBCUniversal. At X, he was responsible for the restructuring of the organization according to the mass distances. Benarroch has also completed corporate communication for X. Benarroch, is now head of content, media partnerships and sales at NYSE.
