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An estimated $4 to $20 billion in value, what is he thinking?

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I don’t think twitter has $30B in valuation left. Musk bought it for $44B (which was beyond its value at the time, but okay). Since his takeover, it’s lost between 50-60% of its value. That was as of several months ago, so I have to imagine it’s even less now.

With the loss of brand equity, they might be sliding towards the single digit billions very quickly.

He’s just setting money on fire at this point.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What I don't understand is how he can still be in charge, at all? Do shareholders not have any legal mechanism to get him removed?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He is the only share owner. He bought the whole company.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, I thought he just bought a majority stake in it. Sucks that he's able to disrupt so many employees' lives in the process of his tantrums & acid trip ideas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The second largest investors in Elon's Twitter are the Saudis. They might not take kindly to such antics.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Saudi Arabians have hated Twitter for over a decade now thanks to the role it played in the Arab Spring movement. I wouldn't be surprised if they helped Elon buy it just to kill it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Yes, that does make a lot of sense. A few billion to take down Twitter is a great investment for them.

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