Who Is The New CEO Of Twitter?

January 24, 2023 Story: Divya Sinha

In mid-December 2022, Elon Musk put out a tweet asking users if he should quit as Twitter CEO, saying he will abide by whatever the result is.

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The Twitter poll ended with over 17.5 million votes, with nearly 58% voting “yes.”

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On this, a famous YouTuber named Mr Beast asked Elon Musk “Can I be the new Twitter CEO?”

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Elon Musk responded to the above, “It’s not out of the question”.

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On Monday, MrBeast changed his Twitter bio mentioning "Twitter Super Official CEO" and this sparked speculation about Twitter’s New CEO.

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MrBeast real name is Jimmy Donaldson and he has over 17.8 million followers on Twitter.

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However, it is to be noted that no official statement has been released about the same. Also, changing MrBeast’s bio could be just a joke as he has done things like this in the past.

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