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- Tesla stock climbed 2% Thursday, jumping late in the day after Elon Musk said he'd step down as Twitter CEO.
- Musk tweeted that he found a new CEO for Twitter who would start in around six weeks.
- "My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops."
Tesla stock jumped more than 2% Thursday, seeing a spike near the end of the trading session after Elon Musk announced he would step down from his role as Twitter chief executive.
"Excited to announce that I've a new CEO for X/Twitter," Musk tweeted at 3:44 p.m. ET. "She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops."