MrBeast wants to be the next CEO of Twitter. Elon Musk said, 'It's not out of the question.'
- MrBeast wants to be the next CEO of Twitter — and Elon Musk seems open to the idea.
- The popular YouTuber has traded tweets with Musk, but has been critical of his reign.
Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson and Elon Musk's bromance is alive and well — despite the massive YouTuber's recent criticisms of Musk's chaotic Twitter takeover.
Today, Donaldson, the most-subscribed YouTuber in the world, threw his hat in the ring for Twitter's potentially-soon-to-be-vacant CEO role, which Musk said he plans to hand over "as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job."
"Can I be the new Twitter CEO?" Donaldson asked this morning.
The ask came after Musk polled Twitter on Sunday as to whether he should step down as CEO of the social platform. "Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll," he wrote.
Of the more than 17 million people who responded, 57.5% said that Musk should step down, which prompted a variety of offers to relieve the Tesla founder of his duties.
It's unclear whether Donaldson, a Musk fan who has frequently interacted with the billionaire on Twitter, was joking given his propensity for unimaginable stunts. And stranger things have happened on Musk's Twitter, including a confusing new verification scheme and the seemingly haphazard suspension of prominent journalists. Musk quickly responded to the YouTuber, "It's not out of the question."
Donaldson and Musk first publicly crossed paths thanks to a 2019 charity campaign, where Musk donated $1 million to a YouTuber-led effort to plant 20 million trees for the Arbor Day Foundation.
More recently, Donaldson has been critical of Musk, expressing skepticism about Twitter's potential to compensate creators in the same vein as YouTube.
Donaldson also condemned a now-retracted policy implemented by Musk that would prohibit users from promoting third-party social media accounts. In reference to that policy, Donaldson tweeted that Musk should step down as CEO. "If you're going to keep doing stuff like this, yes. ," he wrote.