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Winner-take-all · 2 outcomes2 contractsKalshirefreshed 1 min agoCloses Jan 1, 2027 · 237d

Who will be the next CEO of X

Leader sits at 10% across 2 bound outcomes, runner-up at 3%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.

Leader probability

10%

Elon Musk

runner-up 3¢leader 10¢

Outcomes

2

winner-take-all

Runner-up

Nikita Bier

Spread

7pp

contested

24h volume

$633

thin orderbook

Closes

Jan 1, 2027

237 days

Venue

Kalshi

2 bound

30-day trend

0%50%100%-30d-3w-2w-1wtodayElon Musk: 22% (22 days, 16 points)Elon Musk: 22% on 2026-05-03Nikita Bier: 4% (22 days, 16 points)Nikita Bier: 4% on 2026-05-07
Elon Musk22¢Nikita Bier4¢
Top 2 candidates by current price · 22d

Bracket family

How the bracket ladder is priced.

Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.

Analysis

This probability reflects a 22% chance that Elon Musk will be the next CEO of X (formerly Twitter), based on market pricing from derivatives contracts. Market participants are assessing whether Musk, who currently serves as CEO, will remain in the role or be replaced. The pricing reflects uncertainty around potential leadership transitions driven by operational factors, regulatory changes, or strategic shifts at the company. Key considerations include X's current financial performance and user growth trends, potential pressure from major stakeholders or advertisers, and Musk's involvement with other companies like Tesla and xAI that compete for his attention. The runway to clarity depends on official company announcements or significant operational developments that would signal leadership changes. Markets also price in broader economic and social media industry conditions that could trigger management transitions.

  • Musk's active involvement with multiple companies (Tesla, xAI, Neuralog) while serving as X CEO, creating potential for delegation or replacement
  • X's advertising revenue recovery and user retention metrics, as weak performance could trigger board-level pressure for leadership change
  • Regulatory actions or legal challenges against X or Musk personally that could prompt a CEO transition
  • Official statements from Musk or X's board regarding leadership succession plans or strategic changes
  • Comparison contracts showing other candidates (runners-up at 6%) trading at significantly lower levels, indicating market concentration in Musk remaining but meaningful uncertainty

Recently closed in general

These markets stopped trading. Last odds and any captured outcome are shown above — full settlement detail lives at the venue.

Lateral coverage

Thin contract — here's where the deeper coverage is.

This page aggregates 2 contracts (10% headline). At low contract count, the price reflects two participants’ opinions, not a market consensus. The links below are heavier related questions where the orderbook signal is real.

How we compute these odds

SimpleFunctions aggregates live prediction-market contracts from Kalshi and Polymarket. Each slug groups contracts that resolve on the same underlying event, identified by venue event_id.

For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.

Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours; daily aggregates are computed at 04:00 UTC. The 30-day sparkline is drawn from per-ticker daily means stored in market_indicator_daily; 24h delta and movement events are derived from the same source.

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