Elon Musk, the CEO of social media giant Twitter, was asking users whether they should resign as the head of Twitter, and 57.5% of the votes were in favor of resigning.
We asked an expert about the results of this poll.
“Resignation is the default route”
Brian Quinn, a Boston College Law School professor who specializes in corporate acquisitions and mergers, said Elon Musk's Twitter vote had ties to Tesla, the electric car maker Musk is CEO of. I am analyzing.
Professor Quinn said, "Tesla's stock price has continued to fall since Mr. Musk's acquisition of Twitter was revealed, and some shareholders even said that 'Elon Musk abandoned Tesla' because he was so focused on Twitter. "Tesla is Musk's main source of income, and the biggest reason for voting is that he can no longer ignore the voices of its shareholders."
"Mr. Musk has used Twitter voting in the past as a way to justify decisions he's already made. Mr. Musk was looking for an excuse to escape from the day-to-day operations of Twitter." He said that resignation is the default route.
And about Twitter's management after Mr. Musk resigned as CEO, "Almost nothing will change. The new CEO will also run the company as Mr. Musk wants, so who will be the CEO? It doesn't matter," he said, indicating that Twitter's confusion will continue.
“Positive impact if replacement is realized”
In addition, Punar Yildirim, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania who is familiar with marketing such as social media, said that Mr. Elon Musk was aiming to conduct a vote on Twitter to ask him to resign as CEO, saying, ``Temporarily use the accounts of journalists of leading American media. "Mr. Musk has hurt not only Twitter but also his public image by making mistakes such as suspending the company, which is why he sought a justification to step down as CEO." did.
"I don't think Musk really understood how difficult it is to run a social media company like Twitter," he said.
On the other hand, when asked if Musk would really resign as CEO, he said, ``We'll have to wait and see if he really does, but I think he will resign because it's not only good for him, but it's good for Twitter as a company.'' I was.
Regarding Twitter's management after resigning as CEO, Mr. Musk said that he would continue to be involved in the company's decision-making, and said, "The most worrying thing about Twitter is that users are leaving Twitter. If we can regain the rules of Twitter so far, such as the management of Twitter, we may be able to regain users. rice field.
