Polymarket users are split as to who will take over as CEO of X. A very thin majority of users believe no one will be named to the post, while nearly as many are banking on CFO Mahmoud Reza Banki. Linda Yaccarino,

Linda Yaccarino announced stepping down as CEO of X in a post shared on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. In her message, Yaccarino, who served in the position for two years, noted she was "incredibly proud of the X team.

Yaccarino’s departure caps a tumultuous run atop Elon Musk’s social-media platform and ​comes after the merger of xAI with X.

Linda Yaccarino leaves less than four months after Musk consolidated the company into his xAI artificial intelligence project, a move that "raised questions" about her "role in the new company going forward," said CNN. Running X has been a "challenge ...