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Elon Musk Snaps $2.9B Stake in Twitter, Becomes Its Largest Shareholder

George Kamau by George Kamau
April 4, 2022
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a $2.89 billion stake in Twitter which makes him its largest shareholder. He constantly complains about free speech on social media platforms and even hinted at starting his own.

Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy.

What should be done? https://t.co/aPS9ycji37

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 26, 2022

Elon took a 9.2% stake in Twitter comes after he shared a poll on Twitter asking if the social media platform rigorously adhered to the principle of free speech.

The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022

It’s worth noting that this is a passive investment according to the SEC filing dated March 14th which means he can’t influence who controls it and can’t acquire control of the company.

For comparison, Jack Dorsey owns 2.25% of Twitter.

It’s unclear how the 50-year-old will put his money to work

This announcement raised Twitter share price on the NYSE.

Twitter recently got a full-time CEO Parag Agrawal after Jack Dorsey left late last year.

The new CEO has revamped how Twitter introduces new features since he took the reins promising to launch new features much faster.

Twitter has been under pressure to increase its revenues and user growth.

Here are some of the best reactions

ELON MUSK TO INCREASE TWEETS TO 420 CHARACTERS

— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) April 4, 2022

"Passive" stake or no, this is Elon going after Twitter. And I wonder if he'd have done so if Jack (i.e., a founder) was still in charge.

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) April 4, 2022

If we don’t see a @Twitter logo on the side of a @SpaceX rocket shortly I’ll be disappointed.

Ps – @elonmusk can we get an edit button, thanks. https://t.co/0WbpKvO6A1

— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) April 4, 2022

Update: he bought it https://t.co/E2J6v9Qcdp

— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (@ParikPatelCFA) April 4, 2022

Twitter investors didn’t like that Jack Dorsey had to split his time between Square and Twitter, so I’m sure they’d love the idea of an owner with no distractions whatsoever https://t.co/ma3foeCX9R

— Alex Sherman (@sherman4949) April 4, 2022

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