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Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # Has New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Worked with Both WEF and Biden Administration? ## On May 12, 2023, Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that Linda Yaccarino would become the new CEO of the company. ### Damakant Jayshi ### Published May 12, 2023 ![\\"](\\" Image courtesy of Image Via Cindy Ord/Getty Images Claim: Linda Yaccarino, named as Twitter\'s new CEO in May 2023, has worked with both the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Biden administration. Rating: True About this rating On May 12, 2023, Twitter\'s current CEO, Elon Musk, _named_ Linda Yaccarino, an NBCUniversal executive, as the new CEO of the social media platform. \"I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!\" Musk _wrote_ on Twitter, adding that the new CEO would focus \"primarily on business operations.\" Back in December 2022, Musk had announced he would step down as the CEO of the company when he found someone \"foolish enough to take the job.\" Advertisement: Even before Musk\'s official announcement, rumors and reports about Yaccarino\'s new role had been circulating in the _news_ and on _social_ _media_. Some Twitter users condemned Musk for choosing Yaccarino, alleging she had ties to the World Economic Forum (WEF), and to the Biden administration — specifically, that she had helped promote a COVID-19 vaccine program for the latter. These claims are true. However, the complaints about Yaccarino took on a conspiratorial cast as some users further asserted that references to her participation in the WEF had suddenly and mysteriously been removed from the WEF\'s website, and references to the WEF had suddenly and mysteriously been removed from Yaccarino\'s LinkedIn page. ![\\"is](\\" (@BernieSpotforth/Twitter) Advertisement: ![\\"Linda](\\" (@NpAnatomy/Twitter) Advertisement: However, Snopes found that, as of this writing, the WEF website does, in fact, list Yaccarino as a member, and her LinkedIn profile does, in fact, list her participation in the WEF. (Yaccarino serves as the chair of WEF\'s Future of Work taskforce as well as a member of the WEF\'s Media, Entertainment and Culture Industry Governors Steering Committee.) The WEF holds a famous annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that draws heads of state, business executives, celebrities, and media figures. It has been represented as a conspiratorial power hub of the \"global elite\" by some right-leaning political figures and media outlets. The organization has been the target of a number of conspiracy theories from people \"who believe the forum involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit,\" The Associated Press reported. Snopes has fact-checked some of those conspiracy theories, including claims that the the organization called for the slaughter of millions of pets to save the climate and that the organization hired unvaccinated pilots to fly elites to Davos. Advertisement: Apart from the WEF, as chair of an organization called the Advertising Council, a nonprofit that works on public service announcements, Yaccarino worked with the Biden White House to help create a coronavirus vaccination campaign, called COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, \"It\'s Up To You.\" It is noteworthy that then-U.S. President Donald Trump appointed her to the President\'s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition in 2018 for a two-year term and _renewed her term in December 2020_. #### Sources \"As Elites Arrive in Davos, Conspiracy Theories Thrive Online.\" AP NEWS, 16 Jan. 2023, forum-business-0193732c04074e595852c160d7ca1c86. Hart, Robert. \"What To Know About Linda Yaccarino: Musk\'s Pick For Twitter CEO.\" Forbes, know-about-linda-yaccarino-musks-pick-for-twitter-ceo/. Accessed 12 May 2023. Hsu, Tiffany, et al. \"Elon Musk Appoints Linda Yaccarino Twitter\'s New Chief.\" The New York Times, 12 May 2023. NYTimes.com, NBCUniversal\'s Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO, Replacing Elon Musk - WSJ. 12 May 2023, yaccarino-in-talks-new-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-7a006bb5. President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint the Following Individuals to Key Administration Posts – The White House. trump-announces-intent-appoint-following-individuals-key-administration- posts-121120/. Accessed 12 May 2023. \"The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative Reveal \'It\'s Up To You\' Campaigns to Educate Millions of Americans about COVID-19 Vaccines.\" Ad Council Org, 25 Feb. 2021, collaborative-reveal-its-up-to-you-campaigns-to-educate-millions-of-americans- about-covid-19-vaccines. \"Twitter\'s New CEO Is an NBCUniversal Executive with Deep Ad Industry Ties.\" AP NEWS, 12 May 2023, ceo-a5df68e9a1e5f982368390c73aeabb50. \"What Is the Great Reset - and How Did It Get Hijacked by Conspiracy Theories?\" BBC News, 23 June 2021. ### By Damakant Jayshi Damakant Jayshi is a former writer for Snopes. ## Article Tags Twitter Elon Musk Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. 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Linda Yaccarino named as Twitter's new CEO in May 2023 has worked with both the World Economic Forum WEF and the Biden administration