Meet Linda Yaccarino, Twitter's Newest CEO

Helming a world-wide team of 2,000 members at NBCU who were responsible for over $100 billion in advertising sales, as noted in her LinkedIn bio, you could say Linda Yaccarino has a proven track record. Upon her resignation, the network shared a press release with Yaccarino reflecting on her time at the organization. "It has been an absolute honor to be part of Comcast NBCUniversal and lead the most incredible team," she said. "We've transformed our company and the entire industry — and I am so proud of what we accomplished together."

The executive graduated from Penn State University in 1985 with a dual Liberal Arts and Telecommunications major. CNN reported that Yaccarino served as a college intern with NBCU before beginning her career at Turner.

In addition, Yaccarino serves as an Executive Chair for the World Economic Forum, and is the Chairman of the WEF's Future of Work task force. She's also heavily involved in the organization's media committees.