Musk's Twitter Acquisition

The cluster focuses on Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, its subsequent devaluation (now worth about a third), associated debt, and debates on whether it was a good deal or lost opportunity, with speculations about reselling or other buyers.

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superchroma Nov 20, 2022 View on HN

Maybe he should have consulted twitter's userbase before buying the thing.

hunglee2 Jun 6, 2022 View on HN

$4 Billion acquisition talks with Twitter is going to be revealed as the mother of lost opportunity

tophat02 May 10, 2009 View on HN

Shouldn't they just buy Twitter?

nurettin Oct 6, 2022 View on HN

It's funny, if twitter price keeps rocketing, he will actually get a good deal.

galaxyLogic Nov 5, 2022 View on HN

Yeah, they could buy Twitter :-)

zahlman Mar 29, 2025 View on HN

Isn't Twitter's stock price higher than it was at acquisition?

petervandijck May 17, 2011 View on HN

They're getting cash to buy Twitter?

wnevets Dec 24, 2022 View on HN

I'm starting to think twitter wasn't worth 44 Billion Dollars

WalterBright Oct 13, 2024 View on HN

I thought he bought twitter for $34 billion.

ikeyany May 29, 2020 View on HN

Twitter's stock price had far too much to gain to lose the traffic he brought. They are complicit in the current state of affairs.