Elon Musk Takes9.2 Passive Stake In Twitter 

 Elon Musk's move comes near on the heels of his tweet that he was giving a" serious study"to erecting a new social media platform, while questioning Twitter's commitment to free speech. 


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 Tesla Inc top master Elon Musk revealed a9.2 stake in Twitter Inc, worth nearly$ 3 billion, likely making him the biggest shareholder in themicro-blogging point and driving a further than 20 rise in its shares. 

Musk's move comes near on the heels of his tweet that he was giving a" serious study"to erecting a new social media platform, while questioning Twitter's commitment to free speech. 

 

 A fat Twitter stoner, Musk has over 80 million followers since joining the point in 2009 and has used the platform to make several adverts, including teasing a go-private deal for Tesla that landed him in nonsupervisory scrutiny. 

Of late, still, he has been critical of the social media platform and its programs, saying the company is undermining republic by failing to cleave to free- speech principles. 

 

"It does shoot a communication to Twitter. having a meaningful stake in the company will keep them on their toes, because that unresistant stake could veritably snappily come an active stake," said Thomas Hayes, managing member at Great Hill Capital LLC. 

Musk, also among the world's richest, has been dealing his stake in Tesla since November, when he said he'd discharge 10 of his holding in the electric- auto maker. He has formerly vended$16.4 billion worth of shares since also. 

 

 A nonsupervisory form on Monday showed that Musk owns73.5 million Twitter shares, which are held by the Elon Musk Revocable Trust, of which he's the sole trustee. Vanguard is Twitter's alternate-biggest shareholder, with an8.79 stake, according to Refinitiv data. 

"Musk's factual investment is a veritably small chance of his wealth and an each- out buyout shouldn't be ruled out,"CFRA Research critic Angelo Zino wrote in a customer note. 

 

 Twitter was the target of activist investor Elliott Management Corp in 2020, when the barricade fund argued its also- master andco-founder, Jack Dorsey, was paying too little attention to Twitter while also running Square. 

Dorsey, who owns a further than 2 stake in Twitter, stepped down as CEO and president in November last time, handing over the arm to 10- time company expert Parag Agrawal. 

 

 Meanwhile, Musk and Dorsey have plant some common ground in dismissing the so- called Web3, a vague term for a romantic interpretation of the internet that's decentralized. 

 Shares of Twitter were trading at$47.19. They've fallen 38 in the once 12 months through Friday near. Twitter didn't respond to a Reuters request for comment.