June 4 (Reuters) - X Corp. Chief Executive Officer Linda

Yaccarino's head of business operations, Joe Benarroch, is

leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on

Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Benarroch held significant sway as an adviser to Yaccarino,

including overseeing corporate communications, WSJ said, citing

his former employees.

X did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for

comment.

Before joining X in June 2023, Benarroch

worked

at Comcast Corp's ( CMCSA ) NBCUniversal, where he oversaw

communication strategy for its advertising and partnerships

division, reporting to Yaccarino, who was advertising chief

there.

Benarroch is known as a hard-charging executive. His

style has rubbed colleagues the wrong way at both NBCUniversal

and X, the report added, citing people who worked with him.