Who is Lex Fridman? Elon Musk's friend who wants to work for free as Twitter head
On Monday, the billionaire took a Twitter Poll to decide if he should continue to head Twitter or quit being at the helm of the social media company.


- Dec 20, 2022,
- Updated Dec 20, 2022 1:33 PM IST
Elon Musk is planning to step down as Twitter CEO, at least, that’s what he promised his Twitter followers. On Monday, the billionaire took a Twitter Poll to decide if he should continue to head Twitter or quit being at the helm of the social media company. The poll lasted for a few hours with clear results showing that Twitterati wanted him to quit Twitter as the CEO. What Elon does after the poll is up to him but there are takers for the position of CEO and some are even willing to do it for free. Lex Fridman, a podcaster and MIT research scientist who has hosted Elon Musk on his show, pitched an idea to Elon Musk. He said, “Let me run Twitter for a bit. No salary. All in. Focus on great engineering and increasing the amount of love in the world. Just offering my help in the unlikely case it's useful.”
Fridman seems to be one of the people on Twitter who interact with Musk regularly. He also shares a lot of his beliefs with the billionaire. Musk has also confirmed that he will be attending Fridman's podcast next week.
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Elon Musk is planning to step down as Twitter CEO, at least, that’s what he promised his Twitter followers. On Monday, the billionaire took a Twitter Poll to decide if he should continue to head Twitter or quit being at the helm of the social media company. The poll lasted for a few hours with clear results showing that Twitterati wanted him to quit Twitter as the CEO. What Elon does after the poll is up to him but there are takers for the position of CEO and some are even willing to do it for free. Lex Fridman, a podcaster and MIT research scientist who has hosted Elon Musk on his show, pitched an idea to Elon Musk. He said, “Let me run Twitter for a bit. No salary. All in. Focus on great engineering and increasing the amount of love in the world. Just offering my help in the unlikely case it's useful.”
Fridman seems to be one of the people on Twitter who interact with Musk regularly. He also shares a lot of his beliefs with the billionaire. Musk has also confirmed that he will be attending Fridman's podcast next week.
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