Linda Yaccarino shares her biggest moment of imposter syndrome from her last year running Elon Musk’s X

Beside CEO colleagues Chew (left) and Zuckerberg (right), Yaccarino appeared before US Congress to testify on child grooming and exploitation on social media sites. It turned out to be a pivotal moment in her career, she said this week. — Getty Images/Fortune/The New York Times

It was before the US Senate that X CEO Linda Yaccarino joined bosses from the likes of Meta and TikTok to answer for how they would better protect children from sexual exploitation on their platforms.

Had Yaccarino, who had been in the top job at the Elon Musk-owned platform for half a year, known those few hours would be such a pivotal moment in her career, she might have volunteered to appear from the outset like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew – rather than be compelled through a subpoena.