Elon Musk, the world’s richest man with an estimated fortune of $269billion, has bought up Twitter in a $44 billion (£34.6 billion) takeover, saying he plans to “unlock” the potential of the social media giant.
A couple of hours before the deal was reached he posted online: “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”
Twitter and Musk negotiated into the early hours of yesterday over his bid to buy the social media platform, less than two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a massive stake.
