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Elon Musk confirms he has bought Twitter The Metro says Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has confirmed his on-again, off-again deal to buy Twitter has gone through. The billionaire boss of SpaceX and Tesla has been visiting Twitter this week ahead of the deadline for the $44 billion (£39 billion) deal to close tomorrow. The CEO then sent a tweet to advertisers this morning, confirming the buyout. ‘Dear Twitter Advertisers, I wanted to reach out personally to share my motivation in acquiring Twitter,’ he wrote.

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Elon Musk news – live: Twitter is ‘freed’ after takeover, billionaire claims The Independent says The Elon Musk era at Twitter seems to have officially begun. Top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and legal chief Vijaya Gadde have all reportedly been fired. Mr Musk tweeted that “the bird is freed”. This after the billionaire bizarrely arrived on Wednesday at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters carrying a kitchen sink ahead of closing his $44bn deal to purchase the micro-blogging site. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-elon-musk-fired-ceo-trump-latest-b2212439.html

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Elon Musk reportedly plans to become Twitter’s interim chief executive after buying platform The Guardian says Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, wants to lead Twitter as chief executive, at least in the interim, Bloomberg is reporting. Elon Musk plans to assume the role of chief executive at the social media group after completing his $44bn acquisition, on top of leading the electric carmaker Tesla and the spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. Musk intends to replace Parag Agrawal, who was fired along with other major executives upon completion of the takeover, Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the matter said. The…

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