Elon Musk says his dog is CEO of Twitter.
The world’s second richest man, 51, joked in a surprise interview
with the BBC on Tuesday (11.04.23) Floki, his pet Shiba Inu, is now head of
the platform, which he bought in a controversial $44 billion deal at the end
of last year.
He told the broadcaster: “I’m not the CEO of Twitter. My dog is
the CEO of Twitter.”
His bizarre comment came after a series of
Tweets in February, in which he posted pictures of his pet dressed in human
clothing, and announced: “The new CEO of Twitter is amazing. He’s great with
numbers.”
Dad-of-10 Elon also revealed he sometimes sleeps in the
Twitter office, using a couch in a library “no one goes to”.
The
Tesla boss also used his BBC interview to defend the sacking of around three
quarters of Twitter’s staff after his takeover in October.
He
insisted the platform would have gone bankrupt if he hadn’t immediately cut
costs, claiming the company had only “four months to live”.
Elon
added: “This is not a caring/uncaring situation. If the whole ship sinks
then nobody’s got a job.”
Twitter now has about 1,500 employees
compared to “just under 8,000 staff members” before the takeover, according
to the billionaire.
Elon added he had been “under constant
attack” over his takeover, which he said hurt him as he doesn’t possess “a
stone-cold heart”.
Heh added: “If you’re under constant criticism
and attack, and that gets fed to you non-stop, including through Twitter,
it’s rough.
“But it’s important to get negative feedback.”
Elon
said as he refuses to turn off replies to his tweets and doesn’t block
anyone he sees “a lot of negative feedback”.
