As $44B deal deadline looms Musk lugs sink into Twitter HQ
To acquire Twitter later this week into the company’s headquarters on Wednesday Elon Musk, the billionaire, strolled carrying a porcelain sink and tweeting “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” To take Twitter private, Musk’s $44 billion deal reached a Friday deadline, although the video he posted offered no evidence that the acquisition is complete. On that question Twitter and Musk representatives had no comment, although Twitter did confirm that Musk’s video tweet was real. To refer to himself as “Chief Twit” and his location to Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters Musk also changed his Twitter profile. To the world’s richest man and his on-again, off-again pursuit of the social platform the splashy video, a vintage Musk production, also pulled the spotlight back. By the Delaware Chancery Court in early October the Friday deadline to consummate the deal was ordered. During which Musk signed a deal to acquire Twitter it is the latest step in an epic battle, then ...