News

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter at $43bn valuation

Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter with a bid that values the company at $43.4bn, a move that could turn the Tesla chief executive into a social media mogul.

Musk’s offer of $54.20 a share comes days after he took a 9 per cent stake in the company, becoming its largest shareholder but rejecting an invitation to join its board.

The entrepreneur announced the offer on Thursday in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The filing said the $54.20 a share offer was a 38 per cent premium to the share price on April 1, the day before his share purchases became public.

This story is developing . . .

Articles You May Like

Analysts concerned by reports of Trump plan to cut natural disaster program
How the state is propping up China’s housing market
Westinghouse sees path to building cheaper nuclear plants after costly past
Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’
Here’s what happens if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac go private