Linda Yaccarino (born 1963) is a media executive from the United States. She was NBCUniversal’s vice president of advertising sales. Elon Musk said on May 12, 2023, that Yaccarino would succeed him as CEO of X Corp. and Twitter.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on May 12, 2023, that Linda Yaccarino, a former NBC Universal executive, and chair of advertising sales, will take over as the company’s new CEO. Many people were left wondering about Yaccarino’s compensation at the social media behemoth after the news broke.
Where does Linda Yaccarino live? Inside Linda Yaccarino’s home
The new Twitter chief executive resides in Sea Cliff, New York together with her spouse and two children. Christian and Matthew are the children of Linda Yaccarino and her husband Claude Madrazo.
The media executive was born in Long Island, New York, and raised in Deer Park. She is of Italian ancestry. Yaccarino graduated from Deer Park High School in 1981, according to the Deer Park Library, which Patch confirmed.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Pennsylvania State University’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications in 1985.
Yaccarino spent 15 years with Turner Entertainment, rising to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of ad sales, where she was instrumental in establishing creative advertising and marketing solutions.
Yaccarino began working for NBCUniversal in October 2011. She was the head of NBCUniversal’s advertising sales and was instrumental in the introduction of the Peacock streaming service.
