The career rise of Linda Yaccarino, from NBCU intern to leading Elon Musk's X before stepping down

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The career rise of Linda Yaccarino, from NBCU intern to leading Elon Musk's X before stepping down

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Yaccarino left NBCU in May, 2023 to join X, which was then still called Twitter.
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Linda Yaccarino announced that she's stepping down as the CEO of X after two years.
Yaccarino has had a long career in advertising, from her early days as an intern at NBCU.
Her…

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