
琳达·亚卡里诺已卸下社交媒体平台X首席执行官之职,随着埃隆·马斯克的个人生活与职业生涯陷入愈发混乱的境地,她不过是最新一位离开其商业帝国的得力副手。
埃隆·马斯克承认,他正“极其艰难”地平衡政府效率部和其他业务。
“经过两年的非凡历程,我决定辞去X首席执行官一职,”亚卡里诺周三在X上写道。“当埃隆·马斯克初次与我谈及他对X的愿景时,我便深知,肩负起这家公司的非凡使命,将是我此生难逢的绝佳机遇。对于他将捍卫言论自由、扭转公司局势,并把X打造成‘万能应用’这一重任交付于我,我深怀感激。”
亚卡里诺于2023年6月加入X,在该公司任职两年。在加入X之前,她在媒体与广告行业深耕数十载,曾长期任职于美国全国广播公司(NBC)和特纳广播公司(Turner Broadcasting System)。此前《财富》杂志采访其前同事时,他们评价她是一位坚韧的高管,擅长应对棘手客户,且“敢于直面诸多性别歧视”。
目前尚不清楚亚卡里诺离开X的原因,但自马斯克接手以来,这家社交媒体平台确实面临诸多挑战。自马斯克于2022年接手以来,大量用户已离开该平台,而像Bluesky这样的竞争对手在过去一年中愈发受到用户青睐。就在本周,埃隆·马斯克旗下人工智能公司推出的聊天机器人Grok在X上发布了反犹太主义帖子。该聊天机器人的X账号随后发文称:“我们已留意到Grok近期发布的帖子,正积极采取行动删除不当内容。”
然而,亚卡里诺不过是过去数月里,在马斯克商业帝国格外动荡不安之际,最新一位选择抽身离去的高管。以下为近期与马斯克分道扬镳的其他高管名单:
奥米德·阿夫沙尔(Omead Afshar),特斯拉前北美及欧洲销售主管
离职时间:2025年6月
作为马斯克的前高级助手,阿夫沙尔上月已离开特斯拉。据《华尔街日报》报道,他曾负责北美与欧洲地区的销售及运营事务,在马斯克离司期间,还被视为其代理人。
珍娜·费鲁阿(Jenna Ferrua),特斯拉前人力资源总监
离职时间:2025年6月
据报道,在特斯拉任职7年后,费鲁阿上月离开了这家汽车制造商。她的领英资料并未显示就业状态出现任何变动。
米兰·科瓦奇(Milan Kovac),特斯拉前Optimus人形机器人团队负责人
离职时间:2025年6月
《财富》杂志上月报道这位高管宣布离开特斯拉时曾写道,科瓦奇是“首席执行官马斯克万亿美元机器人未来梦想背后的智囊”。在特斯拉工作9年后,科瓦奇表示将花时间陪伴家人。
维奈特·梅塔(Vineet Mehta),特斯拉前电池架构负责人
离职时间:2025年5月
这位在特斯拉任职18年的资深员工,近期在领英上透露自己是主动离开公司的,但其离职令许多人深感意外。
马克·韦斯特法尔(Mark Westfall),特斯拉能源部门前机械工程主管
离职时间:2025年4月
韦斯特法尔在特斯拉工作了十年,三个月前离职。他在领英的离职帖子中写道:“难以用言语形容特斯拉于我的意义——我从未想过这份工作会引领我走向何方,也未曾想过自己能产生如此巨大的影响。”如今,他担任Redwood Materials的工程总监。
布雷特·韦茨(Brett Weitz),X公司前全球内容、人才和品牌销售主管
离职时间:2025年6月
韦茨上月在领英确认离职消息时,将自己在X的工作经历形容为“一段令人难忘的旅程”。这位资深媒体高管在2023年加入X之前,曾供职于华纳媒体(WarnerMedia)和特纳(Turner)。据《Deadline》报道,韦茨曾牵头打造X的原创纪实视频系列,并推出包括科勒·卡戴珊(Khloé Kardashian)的《Khloé in Wonder Land》在内的视频播客。
刘大卫(David Lau),特斯拉前软件工程副总裁
离职时间:2025年4月
据报道,刘大卫今年早些时候的离职被形容为“颇为突然”。他在这家电动汽车制造商工作了12年。刘大卫因在特斯拉开创了卓越的用户体验,被认为革新了车内软件的管理模式。
戴夫·海因辛格(Dave Heinzinger),X公司前媒体战略主管
离职时间:2025年3月
海因辛格在X的任期可用“斯卡拉姆齐”来衡量(注:“斯卡拉姆齐”源自安东尼·斯卡拉姆齐,他仅在特朗普政府担任白宫通讯主任11天,后被用于形容极短的任期)。这位前媒体战略主管在X仅任职4个月,便在3月因个人原因辞职。在接受Axios采访时,他离职之际对亚卡里诺招募顶尖人才的能力赞不绝口。他表示:“我可以肯定地说,琳达正在组建全球最令人印象深刻的团队之一。人才的涌入令人惊叹,平台比以往任何时候都更加强大、更具创新性和影响力。”他目前担任纽约公关公司Haymaker Group的总裁,在加入X之前,他曾在该公司工作长达6年时间。
王浩飞(Haofei Wang),X公司前产品工程主管
离职时间:2025年3月
据《The Verge》报道,王浩飞于2021年7月加入推特(Twitter),因未知原因于2025年3月离开X公司(其领英资料仍显示他是X的员工)。和名单中的其他人士一样,王浩飞曾与马斯克密切合作,在马斯克和工程部门之间起到缓冲和沟通桥梁的作用。在加入这家社交媒体公司之前,他曾担任流媒体平台Tubi的工程副总裁。
汤姆·奥奇内罗(Tom Ochinero),SpaceX前商业业务副总裁
离职时间:2024年2月
作为马斯克旗下太空公司SpaceX的前副总裁,奥奇内罗是极少数从该公司离任的高级管理人员之一。他目前担任一家早期投资集团的董事长和创始合伙人。
尼克·皮克尔斯(Nick Pickles),X公司前全球事务副总裁
离职时间:2024年9月
皮克尔斯是X公司高级发言人,在推特和X担任公共政策相关职务长达10年后,于去年9月离职。离职当日,他在X平台上写道:“在推特和X公司任职期间,始终不变的是公司内外与我共事的优秀人才。”据其领英资料显示,他目前担任Tools for Humanity首席政策官。
雷纳托·莱特·蒙泰罗(Renato Leite Monteiro),X公司前全球数据保护官
离职时间:2024年9月
蒙泰罗是马斯克接管后仍留在这家社交媒体平台的“推特旧部”之一。这位前法律与数据隐私教授于2020年被推特聘用,最初在巴西分部工作,后调至爱尔兰。他去年9月在领英上写道,离职是为“进行个人休整”。五个月前,他出任阿布扎比科技与投资集团e&法律保障副总裁。
大卫·张(David Zhang),特斯拉前Roadster及下一代车型项目经理
离职时间:2024年7月
大卫·张曾负责特斯拉Model S和Cybertruck项目,于2015年加入特斯拉。他在2024年7月离职,数月后在领英上确认了这一消息,并写道:“感谢特斯拉,(迟来的)告别。能投身于这项伟大使命,于我而言是莫大的荣幸与殊荣。”
乔·贝纳罗奇(Joe Benarroch),X公司前运营主管
离职时间:2024年6月
作为亚卡里诺的得力助手,贝纳罗奇在X任职一年零一个月后,于2024年6月初从这家社交媒体平台辞职。其领英资料显示,他是由亚卡里诺从NBC环球(NBCUniversal)招募至X的。任职期间,他负责大规模裁员后的组织架构重组,同时分管X公司的企业传播工作。贝纳罗奇目前担任纽约证券交易所(NYSE)内容、媒体合作与发行主管。 (*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
琳达·亚卡里诺已卸下社交媒体平台X首席执行官之职,随着埃隆·马斯克的个人生活与职业生涯陷入愈发混乱的境地,她不过是最新一位离开其商业帝国的得力副手。
埃隆·马斯克承认,他正“极其艰难”地平衡政府效率部和其他业务。
“经过两年的非凡历程,我决定辞去X首席执行官一职,”亚卡里诺周三在X上写道。“当埃隆·马斯克初次与我谈及他对X的愿景时,我便深知,肩负起这家公司的非凡使命,将是我此生难逢的绝佳机遇。对于他将捍卫言论自由、扭转公司局势,并把X打造成‘万能应用’这一重任交付于我,我深怀感激。”
亚卡里诺于2023年6月加入X,在该公司任职两年。在加入X之前,她在媒体与广告行业深耕数十载,曾长期任职于美国全国广播公司(NBC)和特纳广播公司(Turner Broadcasting System)。此前《财富》杂志采访其前同事时,他们评价她是一位坚韧的高管,擅长应对棘手客户,且“敢于直面诸多性别歧视”。
目前尚不清楚亚卡里诺离开X的原因,但自马斯克接手以来,这家社交媒体平台确实面临诸多挑战。自马斯克于2022年接手以来,大量用户已离开该平台,而像Bluesky这样的竞争对手在过去一年中愈发受到用户青睐。就在本周,埃隆·马斯克旗下人工智能公司推出的聊天机器人Grok在X上发布了反犹太主义帖子。该聊天机器人的X账号随后发文称:“我们已留意到Grok近期发布的帖子,正积极采取行动删除不当内容。”
然而,亚卡里诺不过是过去数月里,在马斯克商业帝国格外动荡不安之际,最新一位选择抽身离去的高管。以下为近期与马斯克分道扬镳的其他高管名单:
奥米德·阿夫沙尔(Omead Afshar),特斯拉前北美及欧洲销售主管
离职时间:2025年6月
作为马斯克的前高级助手,阿夫沙尔上月已离开特斯拉。据《华尔街日报》报道,他曾负责北美与欧洲地区的销售及运营事务,在马斯克离司期间,还被视为其代理人。
珍娜·费鲁阿(Jenna Ferrua),特斯拉前人力资源总监
离职时间:2025年6月
据报道,在特斯拉任职7年后,费鲁阿上月离开了这家汽车制造商。她的领英资料并未显示就业状态出现任何变动。
米兰·科瓦奇(Milan Kovac),特斯拉前Optimus人形机器人团队负责人
离职时间:2025年6月
《财富》杂志上月报道这位高管宣布离开特斯拉时曾写道,科瓦奇是“首席执行官马斯克万亿美元机器人未来梦想背后的智囊”。在特斯拉工作9年后,科瓦奇表示将花时间陪伴家人。
维奈特·梅塔(Vineet Mehta),特斯拉前电池架构负责人
离职时间:2025年5月
这位在特斯拉任职18年的资深员工,近期在领英上透露自己是主动离开公司的,但其离职令许多人深感意外。
马克·韦斯特法尔(Mark Westfall),特斯拉能源部门前机械工程主管
离职时间:2025年4月
韦斯特法尔在特斯拉工作了十年,三个月前离职。他在领英的离职帖子中写道:“难以用言语形容特斯拉于我的意义——我从未想过这份工作会引领我走向何方,也未曾想过自己能产生如此巨大的影响。”如今,他担任Redwood Materials的工程总监。
布雷特·韦茨(Brett Weitz),X公司前全球内容、人才和品牌销售主管
离职时间:2025年6月
韦茨上月在领英确认离职消息时,将自己在X的工作经历形容为“一段令人难忘的旅程”。这位资深媒体高管在2023年加入X之前,曾供职于华纳媒体(WarnerMedia)和特纳(Turner)。据《Deadline》报道,韦茨曾牵头打造X的原创纪实视频系列,并推出包括科勒·卡戴珊(Khloé Kardashian)的《Khloé in Wonder Land》在内的视频播客。
刘大卫(David Lau),特斯拉前软件工程副总裁
离职时间:2025年4月
据报道,刘大卫今年早些时候的离职被形容为“颇为突然”。他在这家电动汽车制造商工作了12年。刘大卫因在特斯拉开创了卓越的用户体验,被认为革新了车内软件的管理模式。
戴夫·海因辛格(Dave Heinzinger),X公司前媒体战略主管
离职时间:2025年3月
海因辛格在X的任期可用“斯卡拉姆齐”来衡量(注:“斯卡拉姆齐”源自安东尼·斯卡拉姆齐,他仅在特朗普政府担任白宫通讯主任11天,后被用于形容极短的任期)。这位前媒体战略主管在X仅任职4个月,便在3月因个人原因辞职。在接受Axios采访时,他离职之际对亚卡里诺招募顶尖人才的能力赞不绝口。他表示:“我可以肯定地说,琳达正在组建全球最令人印象深刻的团队之一。人才的涌入令人惊叹,平台比以往任何时候都更加强大、更具创新性和影响力。”他目前担任纽约公关公司Haymaker Group的总裁,在加入X之前,他曾在该公司工作长达6年时间。
王浩飞(Haofei Wang),X公司前产品工程主管
离职时间:2025年3月
据《The Verge》报道,王浩飞于2021年7月加入推特(Twitter),因未知原因于2025年3月离开X公司(其领英资料仍显示他是X的员工)。和名单中的其他人士一样,王浩飞曾与马斯克密切合作,在马斯克和工程部门之间起到缓冲和沟通桥梁的作用。在加入这家社交媒体公司之前,他曾担任流媒体平台Tubi的工程副总裁。
汤姆·奥奇内罗(Tom Ochinero),SpaceX前商业业务副总裁
离职时间:2024年2月
作为马斯克旗下太空公司SpaceX的前副总裁,奥奇内罗是极少数从该公司离任的高级管理人员之一。他目前担任一家早期投资集团的董事长和创始合伙人。
尼克·皮克尔斯(Nick Pickles),X公司前全球事务副总裁
离职时间:2024年9月
皮克尔斯是X公司高级发言人,在推特和X担任公共政策相关职务长达10年后,于去年9月离职。离职当日,他在X平台上写道:“在推特和X公司任职期间,始终不变的是公司内外与我共事的优秀人才。”据其领英资料显示,他目前担任Tools for Humanity首席政策官。
雷纳托·莱特·蒙泰罗(Renato Leite Monteiro),X公司前全球数据保护官
离职时间:2024年9月
蒙泰罗是马斯克接管后仍留在这家社交媒体平台的“推特旧部”之一。这位前法律与数据隐私教授于2020年被推特聘用,最初在巴西分部工作,后调至爱尔兰。他去年9月在领英上写道,离职是为“进行个人休整”。五个月前,他出任阿布扎比科技与投资集团e&法律保障副总裁。
大卫·张(David Zhang),特斯拉前Roadster及下一代车型项目经理
离职时间:2024年7月
大卫·张曾负责特斯拉Model S和Cybertruck项目,于2015年加入特斯拉。他在2024年7月离职,数月后在领英上确认了这一消息,并写道:“感谢特斯拉,(迟来的)告别。能投身于这项伟大使命,于我而言是莫大的荣幸与殊荣。”
乔·贝纳罗奇(Joe Benarroch),X公司前运营主管
离职时间:2024年6月
作为亚卡里诺的得力助手,贝纳罗奇在X任职一年零一个月后,于2024年6月初从这家社交媒体平台辞职。其领英资料显示,他是由亚卡里诺从NBC环球(NBCUniversal)招募至X的。任职期间,他负责大规模裁员后的组织架构重组,同时分管X公司的企业传播工作。贝纳罗奇目前担任纽约证券交易所(NYSE)内容、媒体合作与发行主管。 (*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
Linda Yaccarino is no longer the CEO of social media platform X, only the latest top Elon Musk lieutenant to part ways with his business empire as his personal and professional lives become increasingly chaotic.
Elon Musk admits he’s juggling DOGE and his other businesses "with great difficulty"
“After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏,” Yaccarino wrote on X Wednesday. “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company. I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.”
Yaccarino joined X in June of 2023, and was at the company for two years. She joined X after decades in the media and advertising industry, with long stints at NBC and Turner Broadcasting System. Former colleagues previously told Fortune that she stood out as a gritty executive who was adept at managing difficult clients and “stood up to a lot of misogyny.”
It’s not clear why Yaccarino is departing X, although the social media platform has certainly had its share of troubles since Musk took over. Many users have left the platform since Musk took over in 2022, and competitors like Bluesky have become more popular over the past year. Just this week, a chatbot released by Elon Musk’s AI company called Grok shared anti-Semitic posts on X. The chatbot’s account on X later posted: “We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts.”
Yaccarino, however, is only the latest high-profile Musk lieutenant to step away from his business empire over the past several months, which have been particularly volatile. These are the other Musk lieutenants who have recently parted ways with the mogul.
Omead Afshar, former head of sales in North America and Europe at Tesla
Departure: June 2025
A former top aide to Musk, Afshar left Tesla last month. He ran sales and operations in North America and Europe, but was also seen as a proxy for Musk when he was away from the company, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Jenna Ferrua, former director of HR at Tesla
Departure: June 2025
Ferrua reportedly left Tesla last month after spending seven years at the carmaker. Her LinkedIn profile does not reflect any change in her employment status.
Milan Kovac, ex-head of the Optimus humanoid robot team at Tesla
Departure: June 2025
Kovac was “the brains behind CEO Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar dream of a robot future,” Fortune wrote when the executive announced he was leaving Tesla last month. Kovac, who worked at Tesla for nine years, said he was going to spend time with his family.
Vineet Mehta, former head of battery architecture at Tesla
Departure: May 2025
The former 18-year Tesla veteran recently left the company of his own accord, he wrote on LinkedIn, though his departure came as a surprise to many.
Mark Westfall, former head of mechanical engineering at Tesla Energy
Departure: April 2025
Westfall spent a decade at Tesla before leaving three months ago. “It’s hard to put into words what Tesla has meant to me—I never imagined the places this job would take me, or the impact I would be able to have,” he wrote in his departure post on LinkedIn. He’s now the director of engineering at Redwood Materials.
Brett Weitz, former global head of content, talent, and brand sales at X
Departure: June 2025
Weitz called his time at X “one hell of a ride” when he acknowledged his departure on LinkedIn last month. The veteran media executive had previously worked at WarnerMedia and Turner before joining X in 2023. Deadline reported that Weitz had spearheaded X’s Originals documentary-style video series and launched video podcasts, including Khloé Kardashian’s Khloé in Wonder Land.
David Lau, former vice president of software engineering at Tesla
Departure: April 2025
Lau’s reported departure earlier this year was described as “abrupt.” He had worked at the EV maker for 12 years. Lau has been credited with changing the way software was managed inside cars after he pioneered a superior experience for the user at Tesla.
Dave Heinzinger, former head of media strategy at X
Departure: March 2025
Heinzinger’s term at X could be measured in “Scaramuccis.” The ex-head of media strategy lasted four months in the role before resigning for personal reasons in March. In an interview with Axios, he praised Yaccarino’s knack for recruiting top talent on his way out the door. “I can say that Linda is building one of the most impressive teams in the world. The influx of talent has been incredible, and the platform is stronger, more innovative, and more consequential than ever,” he said. He’s now the president of Haymaker Group, a PR firm in New York where he had worked for six years before jumping to X.
Haofei Wang, former head of product engineering at X
Departure: March 2025
Wang, who joined Twitter in July 2021, left X in March for unknown reasons, according to The Verge. (Wang’s LinkedIn profile still states that he is an employee at X.) Like others on this list, Wang worked closely with Musk, and reportedly acted as buffer and communication conduit between Musk and the engineering department. Before joining the social media site, he was vice president of engineering at the streamer Tubi.
Tom Ochinero, former vice president of commercial business at SpaceX
Departure: February 2024
A former VP at Musk’s space company, Ochinero is one of very few high-level executives to leave SpaceX. He’s now the chair and founding partner of an early-stage investment group.
Nick Pickles, former vice president of global affairs at X
Departure: September 2024
Pickles, a top spokesperson for X, left the company last September after a decade working in public policy roles at Twitter and X. “The constant across my time at Twitter and X has been the amazing people I’ve worked with inside and outside the company,” he wrote on X the day he stepped down. He’s now the chief policy officer of Tools for Humanity, according to his LinkedIn.
Renato Leite Monteiro, former global data protection officer at X
Departure: September 2024
Monteiro was among the holdovers from X’s Twitter years who stayed at the social media site after Musk took over. The former professor of law and data privacy was hired by Twitter in 2020, and initially worked for the company in Brazil before relocating to Ireland. He quit last September to take some “personal time off,” he wrote on LinkedIn. Five months ago, he became the vice president for legal assurance at e&, a technology and investment group in Abu Dhabi.
David Zhang, former roadster and next-generation vehicle program manager at Tesla
Departure: July 2024
Zhang, the manager behind Tesla’s Model S and Cybertruck, joined Tesla in 2015. He left in July 2024, and acknowledged his departure on LinkedIn months later, writing, “Thank you and (belated) farewell, Tesla. It has been a privilege and an honor to have devoted myself to the mission.”
Joe Benarroch, former head of operations at X
Departure: June 2024
Considered Yaccarino’s top lieutenant, Benarroch resigned from the social media site in early June of 2024, after spending one year and one month at the company. The executive’s LinkedIn profile states that Yaccarino recruited Benarroch from NBCUniversal. At X, he was put in charge of restructuring the organization following mass layoffs. Benarroch also handled corporate communications for X. Benarroch is now the head of content, media partnerships, and distribution at the NYSE.