Elon Musk opts to resign from Twitter as soon as he finds a replacement

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Billionaire Elon Musk says he will resign as CEO of Twitter as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take up the job.

Twitter owner Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday evening that he will step down as the company’s CEO, but only when he finds a new successor. He addressed directly for the first time through a Twitter poll. Elon created a Twitter poll this week in which millions of users voted for his ouster.

Musk’s tweet comes two days after he created a poll on the social network-  Should I step down as head of Twitter?. The majority of respondents voted for his ouster.

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“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,” Elon Musk tweeted. 

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