Elon Musk Joins Twitter Board After Becoming Largest Shareholder

April 5, 2022
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By Adedapo Adesanya

The world’s richest man, Mr Elon Musk, will join Twitter’s board of directors, a day after it was announced that the Tesla founder bought a major stake in the company and became its largest shareholder.

The social network’s chief executive, Mr Parag Agrawal, announced this development on Tuesday.

“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board! Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board,” the Twitter CEO said in a tweet.

He called Mr Musk “a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need” at the company.

Currently, the world’s richest man and with more than 80 million followers on the microblogging platform on Monday disclosed the purchase of 73.5 million shares or 9.2 per cent of Twitter’s common stock for almost $3 billion.

The billionaire is a frequent user of the platform, regularly mixing in inflammatory and controversial statements about current affairs or other public figures with remarks that range from whimsical to business-focused.

He has also sparred repeatedly with federal securities regulators, who cracked down on his social media use after a purported effort to take Tesla private in 2018 fell apart.

Mr Musk has criticized Twitter for its approach to freedom of speech, launching a poll last month in which he asked if the network adheres to the principle — to which a majority of respondents voted no.

He will remain on Twitter’s board until the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting in 2024, and he has promised not to take a stake larger than 14.9 per cent in the company during that time, according to a securities filing.

Adedapo Adesanya

Adedapo Adesanya is a journalist, polymath, and connoisseur of everything art. When he is not writing, he has his nose buried in one of the many books or articles he has bookmarked or simply listening to good music with a bottle of beer or wine. He supports the greatest club in the world, Manchester United F.C.

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