Once Elon Musk bought Twitter, the social network he acquired in October 2022 for $44 billion, he rolled out a major reorganization, often relying on executives from his other companies for the revamp. Steve Davis, a top Musk lieutenant who is president of the Boring Company and a former Tesla executive, led the transition team at Twitter that laid off thousands of employees. (Davis is said to have slept at the Twitter offices with his partner and newborn child.) Musk also called in execs from his other companies to help with the reorg, including his cousins James and Andrew Musk (James works at Tesla while Andrew is at Neuralink); Ross Nordeen, who spent more than three years at Tesla before moving over to X.ai in May; as well as Dhaval Shroff and Yoni Ramon of Tesla. Here's who else holds a top perch at the company formerly known as Twitter.
Elon Musk
Owner, chief financial officer, secretary
Executives
Linda Yaccarino
CEO
The former head of ad sales for NBCUniversal was named CEO in June.
Renato Leite Monteiro
Global head of privacy
Keith Coleman
VP product
Alex Josephson
VP, Global head of brand creativity
Jenner Balagot
Chief compliance officer for payments
Ged Tarpey
Managing director, global media and entertainment
James and Andrew Musk, Ross Nordeen, Dhaval Shroff, Yoni Ramon, Steve Davis
Part of Musk takeover team that descended on Twitter after it was bought by Musk, according to Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk. James works at Tesla; Andrew is at Neuralink; Nordeen is at xAI. Shroff and Ramon work at Tesla. Davis is the president of the Boring Company and reportedly helped oversee cost-cutting.
