Elon Musk will be Twitter’s CEO

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced in a filing on Monday that he will serve as CEO of Twitter, the social media business he just acquired for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts say will strain the billionaire’s resources.

Musk, who also operates rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink, and tunneling company the Boring Company, ousted Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal and other top company employees last week.

Since Musk’s attempt to acquire Twitter in April, Tesla’s stock has lost a third of its value, compared to a 12% loss in the S&P 500 index during the same period.

Musk had previously altered his Twitter bio to “Chief Twit” as a reference to his impending departure.

Monday, Twitter declined to comment on whether Musk will remain CEO or appoint a successor.

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Musk said in a Monday filing that he became Twitter’s sole director as a result of the acquisition.

Bret Taylor, Parag Agrawal, Omid Kordestani, David Rosenblatt, Martha Lane Fox, Patrick Pichette, Egon Durban, Fei-Fei Li, and Mimi Alemayehou are no longer directors of Twitter, according to a filing by Elon Musk.

Musk tweeted shortly thereafter that the decision to dissolve the board was “temporary” without further explanation.

Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the social networking giant ended a months-long saga last week.

Musk has moved swiftly to leave his mark on Twitter, which he has criticized for months for being reluctant to implement product upgrades and remove spam accounts.

According to two sources with knowledge of the situation, his teams began meeting with Twitter employees to analyze the platform’s software code and gain a better understanding of its operation.

Some employees told Reuters that they had had minimal communication from Elon Musk and other company leaders and were relying on news stories to piece together what was going on at the company.

Katherine S

1/4 German, 3/4 Malaysian. I write, follow and monitor closely political news happening in Malaysia, and other happening news in the ASEAN region. Newswriter for the best ASEAN news website - The Asian Affairs.

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