William Gallagher
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided against joining Twitter's board of directors, and punctuated his departure by tweeting a facepalm emoji.
After becoming Twitter's largest individual shareholder, Elon Musk was announced as joining the board of directors — but has now changed his mind. His appointment was to become officially effective from April 9, 2022, but on that same morning, Musk told Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal he was withdrawing.
Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. pic.twitter.com/lfrXACavvk
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 11, 2022
Revealing the decision on April 11, Agrawal stressed that Musk remains the company's biggest shareholder, and that Twitter "will remain open to his input."
Musk has not formally commented on his reasons for backing down. However, according to The Guardian, he tweeted and then removed a facepalm emoji.
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>:) thank the heavens…
He realised the rest of the board wouldn’t allow him to be a dick and enable science deniers, liars and racists to post hate speech and misinformation without having their accounts banned.
Shouldn’t this news be on twitterinsider?
i still think Musk is a carpet bagger sucking in gullible investors and government officials (but I repeat myself) but I do confess to liking the cut of his jib.
The best bit of this episode in the Life of Musk is the outraged hysteria it has caused in certain circles. Well deserved. And well played good sir!
I look forward to Musk's next act. Even Musk sets aside time for a hobby.
Great, he will still have the influence without the hassle.