Tesla CEO Elon Musk becomes biggest Twitter shareholder; bad news for Parag Agrawal?
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has taken a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter to become the platform’s biggest shareholder, a regulatory filing on Monday suggested. Musk has been one of the biggest highlights on the platform for years and now he has become part owner of the platform with a massive stake buy. The Twitter stake buy by Musk makes him the owner of approximately 73.5 million shares, which he bought on March 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission suggested. Twitter CEO is India-born Parag Agrawal who had shockingly replaced co-founder Jack Dorsey at the top. This is considered a passive investment by Musk, that means he will be a long-term investor in Twitter. That also means his buying and selling of Twitter shares will be minimized, AP reported. However, this surprising news comes to us a week after Musk hinted he may shake up social media! Considering that he has been shaking up Twitter with his fiery tweets, it was assumed he would make some really controversial tweet rather than actually buy a big stake in the platform
On March 25, he had conducted a poll on his Twitter account, while writing, "Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?" Which got 70.4 percent 'Noes’. In reply to the same poll tweet thread, the Tesla founder replied, "Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?" In effect, this was seemingly, a poll against Parag Agrawal.
While no indication has been made by Musk, as the biggest shareholder, he will be looking to make changes and and try to mould Twitter more in his own image. How that will impact
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