Ousted X CEO Linda Yaccarino Finds New Job Heading Weight Loss Company

Sarah RumpfAug 5th, 2025, 3:42 pm
 
Linda Yaccarino

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Linda Yaccarino, the former CEO of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, announced she had a new job on Tuesday — but her account still promotes the company that ousted her.

Yaccarino’s tenure heading X was fraught with controversy. Joining X after 15 years at NBC Universal, Yaccarino was highly respected in the advertising industry and was expected to help smooth over the mercurial Musk’s relationships with companies skittish over the controversial and hateful content on X.

Instead, she was criticized — and often also mocked — for what others perceived as clumsy efforts to carry water for Musk’s outlandish impulses, and she was unable to make headway with advertisers.

Last month, Yaccarino announced that she was stepping down as CEO of X. The move came a day after the social media platform was once again the focus of a wave of negative press after its AI chatbot Grok delivered a wild spree of unhinged answers praising Adolf Hitler, as well as other antisemitic, graphically sexual, and violent remarks.

Tuesday afternoon, Yaccarino posted that she had landed another CEO gig, this time with eMed Population Health, which provides GLP-1 weight loss therapies.

Yaccarino may have left her job at X but she’s still promoting the company on her bio. Her X username is @lindayax (presumably standing for LINDA YAccarino at X), she lists her titles as “Mom, foodie, fashion enthusiast, @penn_state alum, Super Official eX CEO of X,” and her banner image is the X logo.

Yaccarino bio

Screenshot via X.

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