Elon Musk is now Twitter’s largest shareholder

Dickson Otieno April 4, 2022

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The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is now Twitter’s largest shareholder. An SEC filing has revealed.

Two weeks ago, he seemingly hinted at this acquisition in a series of Tweets arguing that the platform didn’t adhere to the principles of Free Speech.

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Musk has acquired over 73 million shares giving him 9.2% stake of the company. That’s close to four times the amount Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s Founder, holds.

Twitter stock is currently up over 20%.