From NBCU Intern to Elon’s Chaos Pilot: Buckle Up
Linda Yaccarino, the lady who claims she arrived on her first day at NBCU as a 'bright cheery new intern,' took a wild career ride spanning nearly two decades at Turner Broadcasting, 11 years at NBCUniversal where she pushed Peacock's streaming, then crashed into the tech cosmos as CEO of X under Elon Musk. After navigating the chaos of a company renamed a month into her tenure and surviving an advertiser apocalypse, she announced she was stepping down in July 2025. In her own words, 'After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏.' Now she’s off to telehealth because apparently why not.
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Linda Yaccarino: proving you can survive decades of corporate ladder-climbing only to get handed steering duties for Elon Musk’s rollercoaster called X. We're all terrible drivers of our own lives, but some get handed a Tesla with no brakes.
Watching Yaccarino jump from NBCU to Elon Musk’s X is like seeing someone go from baking muffins to directing a chainsaw juggling act on live TV.
Elon said she’s 'smart, fair and reasonable.' That’s advertising speak for 'bravely staring into the apocalypse while wearing a smile.'
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/5/2025 | Author: Alice Tecotzky
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