As CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino had a cushy job, a fancy paycheck, and the ability to contribute to the future of tech. So why did she step down Tuesday? It’s a tale as old as time: her “parents” were going through a divorce,

It takes years of corporate ladder-climbing to land a CEO gig, so when someone walks away in the middle of a firestorm, people notice. On Wednesday, July 9, Linda Yaccarino announced she's stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk's platform X (formerly Twitter) - just hours after its AI chatbot Grok went off the rails with a string of antisemitic posts.