Elon Musk has announced that he will resign as CEO of Twitter, pending when he can get a replacement.
The Tesla boss, 51, said he would ‘abide by’ the result of the poll he organized and promised to honor – where he asked users whether he should step down.
More than 10 million people, or 57.5 percent of respondents, voted he should leave the position.
Musk plans to keep control of the software and servers teams at the social media company, key areas that will allow him to control product decisions.
The billionaire tweeted: “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.”
The move comes after the entrepreneur, who also leads Tesla and SpaceX, took control of the social media company in October in a $44 billion deal. Musk had previously indicated that he didn’t intend to remain in Twitter’s top spot for the long term.
