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The business magnate Elon Musk initiated an acquisition of American social media company Twitter, Inc. on April 14, 2022, and concluded it on October 27, 2022. Musk had begun buying shares of the company in January 2022, becoming its largest shareholder by April with a 9.1 percent ownership stake.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter has been followed by a series of chaotic events for the social media platform, including the workforce being slashed by 80% and the ...
Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022; Musk acted as CEO of Twitter until June 2023 when he was succeeded by Linda Yaccarino.In a move that, despite Yaccarino's accession, was widely attributed to Musk, [1] [2] Twitter was rebranded to X on July 23, 2023, [3] and its domain name changed from twitter.com to x.com on May 17, 2024.
Elon Musk and Grimes at the 2018 Met Gala. A new book called "Character Limit" describes their tumultuous relationship and details Musk's chaotic purchase of Twitter.
Twitter announced on Monday that it has entered into a deal to be acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk for $44 billion.Twitter shareholders will receive $54.20 per share, and when the deal is finalized ...
On April 25, 2022, Twitter agreed to a $44 billion buyout by Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, one of the biggest deals to turn a company private. [11] [12] On July 8, Musk terminated the deal. [13] Twitter's shares fell, [14] leading company officials to sue Musk in Delaware's Court of Chancery on July 12. [15]
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could go down as the worst leveraged buyout (LBO) deal for banks since the 2008 global financial crisis in the latest worrying sign the deal is proving costly to ...
Following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk on October 28, 2022, Musk told Twitter employees to introduce paid verification by November 7 through Twitter Blue. The Verge reported that the updated Blue subscription would cost $19.99 per month, and users would lose their verification status if they did not join within 90 days.