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MrBeast asks if he can be the new Twitter CEO and Elon Musk responds

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Updated 08:16 23 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 17:43 22 Dec 2022 GMT

MrBeast asks if he can be the new Twitter CEO and Elon Musk responds

YouTuber MrBeast has thrown his hat into the ring for the gig as the new Twitter CEO, and Elon Musk hasn't ruled it out

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

YouTuber MrBeast has asked if he can be the new CEO of Twitter after Elon Musk announced he’d be stepping down – and he’s already had a response.

Earlier this week, Musk had asked followers if he should stand down as CEO in a Twitter poll, saying: "I will abide by the results of this poll."

The final results came in as 57.5 percent in favour of Musk quitting, from a total of more than 17 million votes.

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He later confirmed he would, indeed, be handing over control once he found someone ‘foolish’ enough to step up to the job, explaining how he would remain involved in the company but to a much lesser extent.

Musk launched the poll earlier this week.
Twitter

Musk tweeted: "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software and servers teams."

And someone’s already thrown their hat in the ring? None other than MrBeast.

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The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, asked if he could replace Musk, posting on Twitter this afternoon (Thursday 22 December): “Can I be the new Twitter CEO?”

Amazingly, it wasn’t an immediate no.

Musk replied: “It’s not out of the question.”

MrBeast has thrown his hat in the ring.
Twitter

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After Musk took over Twitter, thousands of employees have quit or been sacked, new features have been added, modified, and dumped, and loads of celebrities and normal users have said they're never coming back to the platform.

By the time Musk's poll had closed on Monday, 57.5 per cent of respondents had opted for Musk to step aside, compared to 42.5 percent who were against the move.

The post itself also racked up hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes.

MrBeast wants the gig.
Instagram/MrBeast

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Shortly after the poll was launched, he tweeted: "As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it."

The rogue SpaceX founder also revealed there was no one waiting in the wings of the blue bird to take over, replying to someone in a comment: "No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive. There is no successor."

In another string of tweets, he also said the hunt for a new Twitter big cheese was a tough one.

"The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive," he tweeted, adding in another post: "Those who want power are the ones who least deserve it."

Featured Image Credit: MrBeast/YouTube/Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Celebrity, Elon Musk, Twitter

Jess Hardiman
Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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