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

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She left NBCU in May, 2023.

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  • Linda Yaccarino stepped down as the CEO of X in July, after two years in the role.
  • In August, she took a job as CEO of eMed Population Health, a telehealth company.
  • Yaccarino has had a long career in advertising, from her early days as an intern at NBCU.

Linda Yaccarino made waves when she announced she was stepping down as the CEO of X on July 9

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Linda Yaccarino is ditching Musk world for weight-loss drugs. It makes total sense.

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Linda Yaccarino landed a new CEO job, just a month after leaving X.

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  • Linda Yaccarino was named CEO of EMed, a telehealth company, a month after leaving X.
  • Yaccarino's tenure at X was turbulent and involved doing a lot of damage control for Elon Musk.
  • The new role could help her bolster her CEO chops in a company outside the media world.

It didn't take Linda Yaccarino long to get a new job

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Billionaire gaming CEO buys superyacht company that built his and Jeff Bezos' boats

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Newell is worth $9.5 billion.

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  • Billionaire Gabe Newell bought Oceanco, the Dutch superyacht builder behind Jeff Bezos' Koru.
  • Newell, the cofounder of video game developer Valve, owns at least one Oceanco superyacht.
  • The shipyard is known for building fully customized yachts that cost well into the nine figures.

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AT&T CEO John Stankey is embracing hardcore culture — and Wall Street loves it

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AT&T CEO John Stankey is overseeing a moment of change at the legacy company.

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  • CEO John Stankey is reshaping AT&T to be leaner and more nimble like Verizon and T-Mobile.
  • The 140-year-old telecom company's transition shows signs of paying off, with its stock outpacing rivals so far this year.
  • To accomplish this, Stankey has shown himself willing to make big bets. So far, Wall
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