Elon Musk Says He Will Resign , as Twitter CEO , Once a Replacement Is Found.<br />Elon Musk made the statement via Twitter on Dec. 21.<br />I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I <br />will just run the software <br />& servers teams, Elon Musk, Twitter.<br />The announcement comes two days after Musk posted a poll on his Twitter account.<br />... asking users if they thought he should resign from the position.<br />The Twitter poll drew in 17.5 million votes.<br />57 percent of the votes were in favor of Musk stepping down as CEO.<br />Musk's profile has 122 million followers.<br />Since Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in Oct., .<br />... his leadership of the social media platform has been widely criticized on a number of fronts.<br />In stepping down as CEO, it is unclear how removed from the platform's leadership Musk would actually be.<br />A tweet the entrepreneur posted on Dec. 18 suggested he has little faith in finding a replacement.<br />No one who wants the job can actually keep Twitter alive, Elon Musk, Twitter.<br />After further review of our work force, we have identified roles within our organizational structure which are no <br />longer necessary, Twitter Email, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other.<br />Take the time to understand each other
