In a move that’s not uncharacteristic of Elon Musk, the Tesla founder asked his Twitter followers if he should continue being the CEO of the company he gambled billions of dollars on.
On December 18, he tweeted one burning question: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” He followed up with a vague tweet, saying, “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it.” Nearly 10 million users have voted as of this writing, with 56% of voters urging him to give up his post. Many also bombarded the comments section with their opinion. “I think Musk wants to step down to save his $44 billion investment – and pretend to be magnanimous by following popular opinion,” one user opined. “Yes. This is not your comparative advantage. Make electric cars and tunnels and space flights instead!” said another.
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Putting up a poll on Twitter to decide your future as CEO may be odd, but Musk has already expressed his desire to step down in the past. During his testimony in the Tesla shareholder lawsuit in November, Musk reportedly revealed that he’s planning on handing the site’s reins to someone else in the foreseeable future. “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to run Twitter over time,” he shared at the time (via The Wall Street Journal). It looks like he’s fulfilling that promise now.
